Chapter 453: Quarrel requires applying what one has learned
In the Ganlu Hall, Li Shimin and Yuchi Gong discussed for a long time.
Involving the soldiers and horses of the Guards is no small matter. Li Ke is still a child after all, and everything is not as easy as he thought.
Not to mention whether the Wei Mansion needs to be restructured.
With the Xuanwu Gate Incident in the past, Li Shimin controlled military power more rationally. It seemed that there were many generals and princes in the court, but only a few people could control military power.
Yuchi Gong walked out of the Manlu Hall slowly, and the discussion this time also came to a conclusion.
The king of Shu, Li Keyun, was granted the title of captain of the cavalry camp. The captain was more or less an important position in the guard, and could lead a team of soldiers.
There are many such lieutenants in the army, and many of the powerful children who entered the Wei Mansion were only lieutenants. Due to the fact that His Highness the King of Shu was still underage, he was only given three hundred more soldiers.
This arrangement did not require an edict to be read out, and the news spread like wildfire in the palace. At this moment, Concubine Yang was very happy when she received the news, and the stone in her heart fell.
"Ke'er, I finally have an official position in the army." Concubine Yang hurriedly looked at the furnishings in the dormitory. She glanced around and the only thing she could get was an East Pearl. This was the same as before.
Left behind by the emperor's brother of the Sui Dynasty.
Knowing what Concubine Yang was thinking, the maid on the side whispered: "I heard that Her Royal Highness and the Marquis of Lishan County love money."
Only then did Concubine Yang retract her gaze and took out a box from the cabinet with several silver cakes in it.
Zhang Yang and Princess Runan's family fortune is very large, so they probably don't care about this small amount of money.
As a concubine, the clothes she is wearing are made of the cloth given to the queen by Lishan. Many princes and princesses in the palace also wear clothes cut from the woolen cloth divided by the queen. I heard that this
The cloth has been sold in Chang'an City for 500 yuan per foot.
After another thought, Concubine Yang put the Dongzhu left by her former Sui Emperor brother into a box, "Send this Dongzhu to Lishan and give it to Princess Runan."
The palace maid took the box and asked again: "Do you need to leave any words?"
Concubine Yang shook her head, "No need."
"Here."
In the guard house leading the guards, Li Daliang was leading his troops to line up for training. Only a small group of people in the corner stood upright, which was very conspicuous compared to other groups.
Yuchi Gong handed the document approved by the Ministry of War to Li Daliang.
Taking the document with both hands, Li Daliang opened it and said loudly: "Li Ke, leader of the team, come out!"
"Here!" Li Ke responded in a still immature voice from the team, and quickly ran to the front of the team.
"Li Ke, the commander of the team, has been very effective in rectifying the military style. He has been transferred to Yunqi Colonel, with 300 soldiers in armor! Continue to drill!"
Li Ke bowed and responded loudly: "Here!"
In the corner of the training team, Li Xiaoyi walked out of the camp carrying a bucket of smelly clothes. These flea-infested clothes still needed to be washed.
He didn't care that these fleas would land on him. He looked at Li Ke standing in front of the army with envy in his eyes. After another look, he quickened his pace and left, with a bit of disdain in his eyes.
If there was more than just a captain in his army, he thought to himself.
After the team practiced all morning, Li Ke was in a good mood. The tactics given by his brother-in-law were indeed effective.
Now that I have 300 more soldiers in my hand, I might be able to lead more troops in the future.
Walking in the camp, it was meal time in the army, and small groups of soldiers gathered together to eat cakes and drink rice soup.
Listening to his words, all these men were talking about was women.
Li Ke looked up and saw Li Xiaoyi fighting with a veteran in the army because the other party stole his cake.
Despite Li Xiaoyi's young age, he was very powerful in fighting. He kicked him in the lower third and made even the veteran scream in pain.
He was teased in every possible way in the army, but he never surrendered to anyone, and he never cried because of being bullied.
Seeing his embarrassed appearance, as he was the only one of his own age in the army, Li Ke admired him a little more.
After eating, the troops can rest for half an hour.
For Li Xiaoyi, today's clothes have not been washed yet, and he has to continue washing.
He washed the clothes vigorously. In the first two days after arriving, he was punished by the military several times because his clothes were not washed properly. Now he washes every piece of clothes very seriously.
Noticing the reflection on the river, Li Xiaoyi looked back, "What are you doing here?"
Li Ke, still wearing the armor and stomach, nodded and said, "Let me see you."
"I will wash the clothes. If you send someone to keep an eye on me, they will look down on me."
"I'm not looking down on you, and no one asked me to keep an eye on you. I'm not afraid of you being lazy."
Hearing this, Li Xiaoyi paused in washing clothes, glanced at Li Ke again, and continued washing hard.
"The military is a very training place."
"You are His Highness the King of Shu, you are different from us."
"Everyone is the same in the military."
"Those veterans will take care of you!"
"They didn't take care of me."
The longer he talked to Li Xiaoyi, the more Li Ke wanted to fight with him. He was a man of great backbone and a very bloody person.
That's what a hero should be like.
This man always spoke with a thorn in his side. Li Ke felt that if he said a few more words to him, he would have to fight him if he couldn't control himself.
I had to give up the idea of being friends with him and turned around to leave.
Without formal documents, he cannot become a real soldier.
Li Ke quickened his pace and walked into the camp, preparing to organize the additional 300 soldiers.
The palace maid took Dongzhu out of Chang'an City and sent him to Lishan.
At this moment, Li Yue of Lishan was walking beside her husband with Dongzhu in her hand. The couple saw Sun Simiao coming out of the hospital, and then they knew that Concubine Yang had sent a palace maid.
I thought that since it was something sent by Concubine Yang in the palace, I would like to meet the visitor in person. The other party handed the Dongzhu to her aunt at the entrance of the village and left, without saying that she wanted to enter the Lishan realm.
"The quality of this Dongzhu is very good." Li Yue looked at it carefully.
"Daughter-in-law, should I go sit on the sundial platform for a while?"
"Doctor Sun said that you should move around frequently these days. This will help when you have a baby in the future."
Aunt Yang whispered: "In the harem, Concubine Yang has always lived the poorest life. Although the queen will provide expenses, Concubine Yang has always lived frugally."
Li Yue frowned and said: "Concubine Yang has a prince, so the queen mother should not be bad to her."
"The Queen is indeed very kind to Concubine Yang, and His Majesty also intends to treat the former Sui Dynasty's clan well. However, Concubine Yang is very economical in her daily expenses. It is said that it is all for her children. There were rumors in the harem that the royal family of the former Sui Dynasty
There is only one Dongzhu left in Concubine Yang's hands, which she has treasured for so many years."
Zhang Yang smiled bitterly when he heard these words. The two aunts were really well-informed. They knew everything about the news in the palace or in the court.
Xu Hui and Xiao Wu were playing in the village with their little bears.
Li Yue walked to the stone platform of the sundial. There was a rope hanging horizontally in front of the sundial. A stone was tied to the lower end of the rope to keep the rope vertical to the ground.
Under the sunlight, the shadow of the rope is reflected on the stone platform. According to the time of the sundial, the position of the shadow is recorded every moment, and then the height of the sunlight is calculated to determine the altitude angle between the sun and the horizon.
This is a necessary process for calculating longitude and latitude. Under the premise of reducing errors as much as possible, do more calculations.
Seeing her husband sitting on the stone platform, holding a branch in his hand and drawing something on the ground, Li Yue took a small step forward and took a look with a frown.
The pictures on the ground were very clear. The husband first drew an emperor's crown, then an equal symbol, and a pig's head.
Others could not understand this symbol, but Li Yue, who studied mathematics with her husband, naturally understood that it was the equal symbol.
"Husband, do you think my father is a pig?"
When Leng Buding heard his wife's words, Zhang Yang cleared his throat, "How could it be? In my heart, your father is the Heavenly Khan who helps the country."
"What can be drawn is that the emperor is equal to a pig's head."
"The pig is a lucky animal. The meaning of my painting is that your father will be rich and powerful."
"I don't believe it. You are clearly criticizing your father."
"There is a saying in the fifth chapter of the Tao Te Ching that the virtues are thicker than those of a pure child. Poisonous insects will not sting, ferocious beasts will not hold their ground, and snatching birds will not fight. This means that there are several stages of growth in life. When we look at mountains, we see that they are not mountains.
Water is not water."
Li Yue said with a straight face, "My husband is becoming more and more knowledgeable."
"Yes, your father asked me to read more books about sages. He thinks I can become a good person by reading these books more."
"Pigs are pigs."
"My daughter-in-law said this is ridiculous. A pig can be something other than a pig. It can refer to many things. For example, when we look at a mountain, some people think it is just a mountain. Others think the mountain is not a mountain. It is a goal that can be climbed. This goal can also be
Is it career or love."
Li Yue held her forehead in distress. She used to feel that quarreling with her husband was a tiring thing.
Now my husband has read more sage books and has become more tired of quarreling.
I can’t even keep up with my thinking by quoting scriptures.
Zhang Yang nodded, "You can still apply what you have learned from the books of saints and sages, and the wonderful uses are endless."
After recording the sundial and altitude angle, Li Yue walked down the stone platform with the support of her aunt, "I heard that my husband often goes to the blacksmith workshop recently."
"Yes, go to the blacksmith's workshop to see the technical achievements."
"My husband is also working hard to earn more money for our family business. I heard from aunt that Qing Que recently complained that his copper coins are always given to the blacksmith to cast a kind of iron material?"
"Am I doing this to make money? I'm just making some investments and sacrifices on the road to developing technology."
"You are so blatantly casting copper, how should Lishan respond if asked from the court?" Li Yue raised her foot and wanted to kick it, but due to physical inconvenience, she could not kick it well, and her husband dodged it.
Li Yue stomped her feet aggrievedly and pursed her lips in anger.
Wait until the child is born before arguing with your husband.
Zhang Yang waved his sleeves and said: "I am a dead Taoist friend but not a poor Taoist. Anyway, I am using King Wei's money, not mine."
Qingque doesn't know whether it is a blessing or a curse to have such a brother-in-law.
For the sake of this family, Li Yue became more worried.
After a few peaceful days, New Year's Eve was approaching, and Zhang Yang was cracking firewood to burn at night.
Li Yue is giving lectures to Xiao Wu and Xu Hui.
The little bear is lying comfortably in the house. This bear is very lazy in winter and will never sit down if he can lie down.
Suddenly it seemed to notice something, and suddenly raised its head, looked around, and sniffed at Li Yue.
Li Yue put down the book in her hand and exclaimed in pain, "Husband! Husband!"
Zhang Yang lost the ax in his hand and hurriedly ran into the house, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
Li Yue held her stomach and said, "The baby seems to be coming out."
The two aunts quickly entered the house to support Li Yue and said, "Marquis of the County, let us come."
Zhang Yang looked around and said, "I'm going to prepare hot water."
The two aunts were quite calm. They supported Li Yue into the house and told Xu Hui and Xiao Wu not to enter the house.
Zhang Yang handed a basin of hot water to his aunt.
"The magistrate is waiting outside the door."
"I don't care, I can go in."
Zhang Yang didn't care so much and walked straight into the house.
The cold wind blew through the village, and Li Yue was holding her husband's hand with sweat on her face.
The two aunts responded calmly and changed three basins of water.
Half an hour later, Xu Hui heard the child's cry while standing outside the hospital.
The aunt placed the newborn child next to Li Yue, "Congratulations to the county lord, congratulations to your highness the princess, it's a daughter."
Li Yue looked pale, holding the child in her arms with a smile on her face, stroking the children's cheeks with her slender fingers, and whispered: "She is so small."
Aunt Yang replied: "Normally, newborn babies are already very strong."
Aunt Wang was cleaning up the house, and Xiao Wu came with Dr. Sun, who also alerted Li Yuan and Li Tai.
Originally, Li Taizheng was playing cards with his imperial grandfather and said bad things about the prince.
As soon as he heard that the emperor's sister's child was about to be born, he came in a hurry.
Hearing the commotion in his yard, Li Yue observed her husband's eyes. He saw that the child was already full of doting.
"Husband?"
Hearing his wife's weak tone, Zhang Yang still touched the child's tender little hands.
Li Yue whispered: "I always thought he was a son."
"I like my daughter better, it's good."
Aunt Yang smiled as she listened to the couple's whispers. The birth process went smoothly and the baby cried loudly.
Aunt Wang was dealing with it outside, "To the Supreme Emperor, Divine Doctor Sun, His Royal Highness King Wei, Your Highness the Princess gave birth smoothly. It's a girl. Both mother and daughter are safe."
Li Yuan smiled with relief, "Okay, okay, okay! I will make this child the princess."
This kind of matter should be decided by the emperor. The emperor has always been close to his brother-in-law and his family, and he has allowed the emperor to do whatever he wants.
Li Yuan said to the guards who followed him: "Bring me my seal! Give it to my little princess to play with."
"this……"
The guard was a little embarrassed. This was the seal from the Emperor's Wude period. Who knows how much weight the word Wude carries on the seal.
This is the first era title since the founding of the Tang Dynasty.
How could you give this thing to just a child, let alone play with it?
Seeing that the guards were still standing there, Li Yuan shouted: "If you don't bring it, I will ask Erlang to kill you when I turn around."
"Go get it now." The guard left in a panic.
Li Yuan nodded with satisfaction.
Li Tai also wanted to persuade him, but it was obvious that Grandpa Huang was so happy and knew that he would not be able to persuade him back. Grandpa Huang was willing to give Zhang Yang more than he could, but he did not dare to accept it.
If this is done, my father will lead his troops to attack Lishan.
Grandpa Huang can do whatever he wants, but Zhang Yang won't, Li Tai thought to himself.
Inside the house, Aunt Yang's hands and feet were very quick and she had already packed up.
Only then did Sun Simiao enter the room to check his pulse.
Li Yue whispered: "Husband, give the child a name."