Chapter 689 The weather is late and autumn is coming
At this moment in Qujiang Pond, Zhang Yang is frying freshly killed fish on the iron frame. Three years have passed and there are too many fish here.
Step into the pond water and these fish will surround your feet.
Xiao Qingqing and Xiao Wujiang put their feet in the water and kicked the fish away with their feet. After a while, they would surround them again.
The rain had eased a lot, but Aunt Yang still held her umbrella, fearing that the little princess would catch a cold because of the rain.
The couple sat in the waterside pavilion, leisurely frying fish and making porridge.
When Li Shimin walked into the Qujiang Pool in the rain, he immediately saw this leisurely family in the quiet Qujiang Pool.
Li Shimin, wearing a round-necked shirt, was surrounded by several palace servants and walked into the waterside pavilion of Qujiang Pond.
Seeing that Zhang Yang was reading a book and not paying attention to him, he coughed.
Zhang Yang then put down his book and nodded, saying, "How come your Majesty has the leisure to come to Qujiang Pond today?"
Li Shimin glanced at the child in the stroller, and the child's bright eyes were also observing.
"The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet is over, and I also want to come to Qujiang Pond to relax."
Zhang Yang took a bowl of porridge from the stove nearby and said, "Your Majesty, please use it."
"Yes." The emperor responded first and took the porridge. There was some fish in the porridge, which was very delicious to eat.
Li Shimin was speechless and thought about it for a long time, "It's still a comfortable life here."
Zhang Yang poured another bowl of tea for His Majesty, "Recently, Jiangnan East Road has also been vigorously developing tea cultivation. In the future, more good tea will be sent from the south. Just like the tea sent this year, it has a lighter astringency than the one in Guanzhong."
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Li Shimin took another sip of tea and said, "A bowl of fish porridge and a cup of tea? This is the most enjoyable and comfortable thing in life. I think it would be good to live like this in the future."
"Your Majesty, take good care of your health and feel at ease."
Hearing this, Li Shimin took a deep breath and watched the rain get heavier again.
Xiao Qingqing looked at the emperor in front of her, and when she saw the other person's gaze, she avoided looking and ran to her mother's side.
Li Shimin added: "If you die one day, I will often cook some fish porridge here, boil a pot of water and make tea to commemorate you."
Zhang Yang nodded and said, "I will thank Your Majesty here first."
The wind brought the rain into this waterside pavilion. The rain fell on his body and it was still a little cold. Zhang Yang looked around and said, "Before leaving Chang'an City, I cleaned the Qujiang Pool. I remember it was winter at that time."
Li Shimin added: "There is a lot of desolation here."
Zhang Yang relaxed his body and leaned his back on the pillar behind him. "Before leaving Chang'an City this time, I want to clean this place again. If your Majesty can arrange for someone to clean this place frequently, I can save a lot of trouble."
Listening to the words of His Majesty and the County Marquis, the prince looked very nervous.
Li Shimin stood up and looked along the water flow of Qujiang Pond towards the end. The rain curtain formed by the rain fell on the pond.
This kind of sound is very nice, and just listening to it can make people feel peaceful unconsciously.
Zhang Yang said with a smile: "Although it is not as good as the new rain in Kongshan, at least you can feel that the weather is coming later than autumn."
Li Shimin nodded and said: "Well, after the new rain in the empty mountains, the weather comes late in autumn, what a good sentence! He is indeed a person who can write the Red Mansion, just like the man in the Red Mansion can't swallow the jade grains and his throat is full of gold, and he can't see the water chestnut in the mirror.
Thin, after seeing The Red Mansion, I realized that the new and old sorrows in front of me are not worth mentioning."
"Your Majesty has misunderstood. The Red Mansion was not written by me."
Li Shimin sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and held his temples, saying, "You always say that."
The current emperor also has a beard, and his words and deeds are always thought-provoking, especially when he combines the artistic conception of late autumn after new rains in the empty mountains with the difficulty of swallowing jade grains and golden water in the throat, and unable to see the rhombus in the mirror.
It describes thinness, and the two artistic conceptions are combined together, which is obviously inappropriate.
This sentence comes from Cao Xueqin's Red Bean Song, and he put it at the end of Dream of Red Mansions.
Li Shimin added: "The Tang Dynasty needs stories like Red Mansions. It can make people kinder. It is like a mirror that reflects the evil in people's hearts."
"What your Majesty said is true. My teacher said that an era without stories is cruel. No matter whether the story is beautiful or sad, a person who does not read stories will become extreme. An era without books is also easy to happen.
turmoil."
"You actually have such profound insights." Li Shimin bowed his head and nodded, "I thought only Kong Yingda and the others could say such things, but I didn't expect them to be so straightforward in your words."
Zhang Yang smiled and said, "I am just using other people's words to reflect on myself, which makes Your Majesty laugh."
The tea had been on the table for a while. Zhang Yang put the kettle on the stove again and shook the fan in his hand, "Every autumn rain makes people watch it quietly for a long time."
Li Shimin flicked his sleeves and said, "The scholars have listed Red Mansions and Butterfly Lovers as banned books. Do you have any complaints?"
"Your Majesty, I have never complained. The more I make them afraid, the more I feel that I am doing the right thing."
Looking at the young man in front of him, Li Shimin whispered: "In this case, I think the Red Mansion should be praised in Chongdefang."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Zhang Yang bowed his hands, put his hands in his sleeves, and sat cross-legged.
The monarch and his ministers were quiet for a while, and Li Shimin drank another bowl of porridge. The climate in Guanzhong has been warm in the past two years, and there have been more autumn rains. I don't know when this rain will stop.
Autumn rain also has benefits, because rice is now grown in Lishan Mountain. As long as this autumn rain continues at the current amount, it is best to bring irrigation to the fields without causing waterlogging and submerging the fields.
Before I knew it, it was another year of autumn rain, and I remembered what Li Shimin had just said, if I died, he would boil a pot of water, brew a bowl of tea, and cook fish porridge here as a memorial.
Thinking back to the previous conversation, the emperor did not come here for no reason.
The emperor would not do things without reason. If Li Shimin wanted to kill someone or pay homage to someone, it was because the emperor felt that it was necessary for him to do so.
Li Shimin asked again: "What books are you reading recently?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhang Yang replied in a low voice: "Shang Jun, I thought that the Great Qin in Guanzhong became stronger because of Shang Yang's decision, but then Shang Yang died.
, Qin people will always remember him."
"Shang Yang had great talent in governing the country. Although he died, he deserves to be paid tribute to."
Li Shimin paused for a moment, "I am not King Hui of Qin, and you will not be Shang Yang."
"Okay, then your Majesty, tell me why you came to see me now?"
If the words are made clear, the following conversation will be much smoother. Li Shimin was surprised and said: "Your conversation is much better now. It seems that it was not useless for me to ask you to read more books."
Zhang Yang said melancholy: "When I have nothing to do, I will read more."
After all, the spiritual and material life of the Tang Dynasty was too dull. Most of the time, he would only stay up late to do the things at hand.
If you change to normal times and rest at sunrise and sunset, your living habits will naturally improve, and you will naturally develop the habit of going to bed early and getting up early.
In this Tang Dynasty, the only pastime in boring days was reading.
Li Shimin asked the prince to hand over two volumes of reports, "Look, this is the news sent by Persia and Liaodong."
Zhang Yang took the memorial and read it.
Li Shimin picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of tea, staring at his reaction.
After a while, he said: "What do you think this is?"
Zhang Yang put down the memorial again and said, "I have indeed given Da'an and Pei Xingjian a powerful weapon to defeat the enemy. Otherwise, your majesty, why would you think I had the courage to let Wang Xuance and Pei Xingjian go deep alone?"
"Of course, with their wisdom, even if I don't give them these weapons to defeat the enemy, they can still defeat the Persians. Even if I don't give Daan this weapon to defeat the enemy, he can still take down Goguryeo with his three thousand soldiers.
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"It's just the icing on the cake, what do you think, Your Majesty? Some things will fall into place naturally, so don't be surprised."
Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "What is the weapon you gave them to defeat the enemy?"
"Oh, it's just a weapon of mass destruction. It can break city walls and level mountains and rivers. I've seen it before in my hometown, but I just picked it up again. From studying to casting, it only took the past two years to achieve the results.
There will be other weapons to defeat the enemy in the future.”
Seeing that Li Shimin was silent, Zhang Yang looked at his wife, "Did you bring that thing with you?"
Li Yue took the flintlock gun from her waist and handed it over. Zhang Yang picked up the flintlock gun. The medicine bag had already been stuffed on it. All he had to do was pull up the flintlock clip on the upper edge to lock it.
Aim the gun at the pillar nearby.
Li Shimin looked curious and wanted to look at the muzzle of the gun, but he didn't know that Zhang Yang had already pulled the trigger.
There was a crisp sound of machine-amplified collision, the gun barrel exploded instantly after two breaths, and an iron bullet shot out, accurately hitting the pillar on the side.
Looking at the pillar again, the iron bullet in the hole penetrated three points into the wood.
Not to mention what this thing is, what would be the consequences if this thing were to hit someone?
Li Shimin regretted that he had just gotten closer to the gun to take a look.
Zhang Yang wiped the barrel of the gun, "This is a hidden weapon that can kill enemies from a hundred meters away."
"Only a hundred meters?"
"Currently it's only 100 meters."
Li Shimin snorted coldly: "This thing is not as good as a bow and arrow."
Zhang Yang sighed solemnly, "From other perspectives, it is indeed not as good as the bow and arrow. There are still many areas that need improvement, which makes His Majesty laugh."
The explosion just now was really scary. Li Shimin's hands were shaking a little. This thing would either kill people or scare them to death.
I don't understand more and more what abilities this son-in-law has hidden in his belly.
The prince still stood quietly aside. His Majesty drank the tea in the bowl, and Zhang Yang also wiped the flintlock.
Li Shimin asked again: "This thing can destroy a city and kill 100,000 enemies?"
Zhang Yang shook his head, "This is not what Da'an and Pei Xingjian used."
"As you said before, the Lishan castings are all used for people's livelihood."
"All Lishan's technologies are used for people's livelihood. This is true, and we have always adhered to this principle, which is obvious to everyone."
"Then what does this thing in your hand mean?"
Zhang Yang frowned and shook the fan in his hand to quickly dissipate the smell of gunpowder smoke in front of his eyes, "It's just for self-protection and self-defense."
Knowing that the ensuing conversation between his father and husband would probably not be pleasant, Li Yue stood up and left with his daughter, son, aunt and Xiao Wu.
Li Shimin couldn't get angry in front of his children. After they left, he slammed the table angrily, "Zhang Yang! How many things are you hiding from me?"
Zhang Yang looked calm, "Does Your Majesty think I want to hide it?"
Li Shimin's breathing was rapid, "Do you also want to use such a weapon to destroy the city to deal with me?"
Zhang Yang shook his head bitterly, "Your Majesty has all the soldiers and horses in the world, and Lishan Mountain is only such a small area. With such a small number of people, can they be a threat to His Majesty?"
Li Shimin gave Wang Eunuch a look at the side, and Wang Eunuch received the look and left.
It was already getting late, well past noon, and the porridge in the pot kept boiling. Zhang Yang had no choice but to continue adding water to the pot.
The prince left Qujiang Pool, came to the leading guard of Chang'an City, and whispered a few words to Li Junxian.
The soldiers and horses of the Wei Mansion were quickly dispatched. One group of soldiers and horses surrounded Qujiang Pool, and another group of soldiers and horses left Chang'an City and headed towards Lishan Mountain.
At this moment in the palace, Li Lizhi was teaching her younger siblings to do their homework. A palace maid hurriedly came over and said, "Your Highness, the princess is not well. A troop of soldiers has left Chang'an City for Lishan Mountain."
"What are you going to Lishan for?" Li Lizhi asked with a frown.
The palace maid panicked and replied: "It is said that the county prince and Princess Runan are in Qujiang Pool. Now the outside of Qujiang Pool is heavily guarded. There is also a troop of soldiers who went to Lishan Mountain and said they want to search all the creations in Lishan Mountain.
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Screaming secretly in her heart, Li Lizhi quickly put down the book in her hand, walked into the Li Zheng Hall, picked up the horizontal sword that her father had placed here, and said, "Mother, my daughter is going to Lishan Mountain."
Queen Changsun whispered: "Come back soon."
With a somewhat firm look on her face, Li Lizhi immediately ran out of Chengtian Gate, and then outside the Zhuque Gate there was a soldier's horse, and she said loudly: "I am Princess Changle, and I went to Lishan Mountain to ask for the horse."
After finishing speaking, the princess rode away in the direction of Chunming Gate.
Pedestrians along the way gave way, and everyone was curious about why this woman on a war horse was running rampant on the street.
The women in Guanzhong have always been tough, and everyone is used to it, but we have never seen any woman so bold as to dare to ride a horse on the streets of Chang'an City.
There were officers and soldiers who wanted to catch up, but they couldn't outrun the horses.
Chunming Gate is the east gate of Chang'an City. At this moment, because Princess Changle is riding a horse in the street, the city gate is on guard, and the soldiers at the city gate have already positioned themselves to resist the horses.
I had known that one day my father and brother-in-law would meet each other in battle. No matter what happened, as long as Lishan was not in chaos and Lishan did not rebel, my father would not touch my brother-in-law.
Li Lizhi looked at the Juma in front of the city gate, and with a sudden thought in her heart, she continued to ride the horse, pulled up the reins, and the war horse neighed, raised its front hooves and leaped over the Juma. Before the heavy city gate could be closed, she came out.
The city gate.
Li Lizhi looked back at the city gate, then continued towards Lishan Mountain.
When the soldiers on the city wanted to shoot down the man on horseback, Niu Jinda kicked him to the ground and said, "Do you know who the man on horseback is? That is Princess Changle."
The soldier had no choice but to retract the arrow, bowed quickly and said, "Thank you, General, for your advice."
Niu Jinda frowned and sighed, watching the rain falling from the sky, "I always feel that something big is going to happen today."