In the sixth year of Zhenguan, there were occasional disasters in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, but overall the weather was smooth.
Occasionally there were rebels in the border areas, but generally it was the Tang army that was expanding the territory.
Li Er took the initiative to ask Li Yunze to come back, mainly because he asked him to help with a few things.
First of all, Li Er felt that Yong'an Palace was too small and old, not suitable for his father to have children and retire there, so he wanted to expand the palace and build a huge palace complex that was truly comparable to Weiyang Palace.
Of course, because Wei Zheng is taboo, he can only use it in the name of providing for the emperor in his old age. After all, filial piety is an orthodox idea.
The actual reason is that although Li Er rejected Feng Chan, he still felt that it was time for him to enjoy himself, so he planned to expand the palace.
Li Er's rejection of Feng Chan was not because he was unwilling, but because he felt it was not the right time yet.
He felt that his achievements were still far behind those of Emperor Qin and Han Dynasty. At least the Western Regions had not been recovered yet, so Feng Chan was not confident enough now.
But the desire to enjoy it has not changed.
In this regard, he trusted Li Yunze's vision very much and wanted to ask him to help with the design and construction.
Furthermore, in the autumn, King Yanqi sent an envoy to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty. However, when passing through the Kingdom of Gaochang, the King of Gaochang sent troops to raid and robbed all the goods and tributes.
Tian Khan Li Er was naturally furious and prepared to send troops to attack Gaochang. He wanted Li Yunze to arrange and rectify all logistics matters.
This matter actually needs to be looked at from two aspects: surface and secret.
On the surface, it is natural that Gaochang attacked the tribute team, which can be called treason.
But secretly, King Yanqi wanted to reopen the trade route to avoid Gaochang's checkpoints without paying tolls. Li Er agreed to this matter, which was equivalent to cutting off Gaochang's main source of income. Of course, King Gaochang was going crazy.
This can be regarded as Li Er's estimation that he drove King Gaochang crazy, just in time to find an excuse to destroy his country and open the door to the Western Regions.
In addition to Gaochang, Tuyuhun also sent troops to attack Lanzhou, and Li Er planned to stop by to teach Tuyuhun a lesson.
As for the last thing that was not stated clearly, it was that the eldest princess Li Lizhi had reached an age, and Li Er began to make preliminary preparations.
It is well known that Li Er used his daughter to strengthen his ties with the Guanlong military aristocratic group.
Princess Changle had a higher status and was the eldest princess. Li Er originally planned for her to marry into the family of the eldest grandson of the first hero.
But who asked Li Yunze to come?
Li Er, who wanted to win over Li Yunze and tie this strange man to the chariot of Datang, naturally chose him as his target.
However, he also knew that this matter could not be accomplished by an imperial edict, so he had to let Li Yunze have more contact with Princess Changle first.
Like now, it is nothing to take the daughter of the Wu family to tour Luoyang City all day long.
After returning to Lijiazhuang, before Li Yunze could go to see Li Er, Hou Junji had already visited him.
"Brother Yu." Hou Junji came with many gifts and was very enthusiastic. "Brother Yu, whether you return in defeat or return victorious this time depends entirely on you."
Li Yunze nodded immediately after hearing this, "It is our duty to eliminate the rebellion and regain our homeland."
In Li Yunze's view, wherever the Chinese cavalry goes, it is their homeland.
Those who are kings of this and that are all rebellious.
Hou Junji was overjoyed when he heard this, "Then I'll leave it to my dear brother."
Attacking Gaochangguo is not a problem, the problem is Qianli Zhaozhao's logistical supply.
Without Li Yunze's help, Datang would have had to accumulate national strength for several years before it could attack Gaochang.
A few days later, Li Er once again summoned his ministers to hold a banquet, but this time he chose not the palace, but Qingshan Palace, which was some distance away from Chang'an City.
The so-called Qingshan Palace is actually the place where Li Shimin was born, which is the Li Family Villa in Wugong County.
Those who can attend this banquet are all Li Er's close friends and some talented young people.
Not surprisingly, as Li Er's biggest trophy at this time, Jieli Khan was dragged over again and presented his newly choreographed dance to everyone.
"Look at how he has never seen the market before." Li Yunze leaned forward to greet Hou Junji who was standing aside, "Why, he has never seen the market in Chang'an City?"
"he?"
Hou Junji immediately sneered, "For a chief who defeated the barbarians, he was lucky enough to survive and see the world. When he was in Chang'an City, he was locked up in an annex. Except for the old man who brought food and water,
Apart from my servants, I can’t even see anyone else, and I still go out to see the world, hey.”
Li Yunze suddenly realized, "Isn't this just imprisonment?"
"It's considered house arrest." Hou Junji thought for a while, "At least when His Majesty needs him to come out to dance, he can still come out."
Hearing this, Li Yunze's smile grew wider. "What, can he still eat a sheep in one meal? Looking at his frivolous steps, could he still be able to move a bull with one hand?"
Eating a sheep, moving a bull, etc. are legends among the Turkic tribes, and they are specially used to boast of profit.
Everyone knows this kind of thing. Creating a great and omnipotent image of Jieli Khan will help him control the herdsmen.
"Eat a sheep? You can't even touch the wool." Hou Junji, who looked gloating at his misfortune, chuckled, "It's just to make him starve to death. Don't worry about letting him hang a title, but in fact everyone knows what it is. He is now
Not to mention moving the bull, my boys can beat him up."
"Alas~~~"
Li Yunze sighed, "Since ancient times, no one has ever died. It's understandable that he is afraid of death. But after all, Jieli is a hero of his generation. He didn't commit suicide when he ended up like this. He really doesn't have any face at all."
"Who says it's not the case? I'm shameless."
The words of the two people did not deliberately control the sound. At least everyone around them could hear it, including Xie Li who was performing.
While everyone was laughing, Jieli's face was expressionless, and his face didn't even turn red.
If you really wanted to die, you would have died long ago.
These years have been spent in endless humiliation, and his face has long been numb.
In fact, Jie Li was still thinking in his heart, 'No one else in the world can bear the humiliation and bear the burden like him.'
Although he was just trying to survive, he still encouraged and deceived himself by enduring humiliation and hardship, and had to find a reason to live.
What Jie Li didn't know was that in the parallel world, hundreds of years later, there was a father and son emperor who did even worse things than he did.
After all, if Jieli had been given the sheep-herding ritual, he would probably have to fight tooth and nail, but the father and son endured it with tears in their eyes.
Perhaps in their hearts, they also think that they are enduring the humiliation.
In other words, even if their wife and daughter are humiliated in front of them, they may think, 'What's the air? I'm not new to the industry.'
Hou Junji had been a street kid for a period of time. He was eloquent and had excellent ability to observe people's emotions. He was at least very satisfied with Li Yunze's flattery despite his deliberate flattery.
When everyone around looked disdainful, Li Yunze simply said, "You are ordered to attack Gao Changguo this time. I will help you and prepare a golden finger for you."
Although he didn't know what the golden finger was, it was obvious that Li Yunze had made his attitude clear.
Thinking about his miraculous ability, many people suddenly became jealous and couldn't suppress their anger.
Ever since Yuchi Jingde forced Li Yuan to abdicate, he has been living in seclusion to avoid suspicion. After all, what he did was undoubtedly close to regicide.
What's even more unfortunate is that the Emperor is still alive, and the current emperor is the Emperor's son. What else can he do if he doesn't avoid suspicion?
I originally thought that I had endured six years for His Majesty and it was time to be relieved.
But I never thought that this time, even the junior Hou Junji would be able to take the credit for destroying the country, but I.
After a few bowls of wine, the red-faced Yuchi Jingde started to make trouble, shouting, "How dare you sit on top of me for your merits!"
The order of sitting at banquets in ancient times was very particular.
Li Er must be at the top, and the others are arranged in order of status.
Except for Li Yunze, a person with a special status, anyone whose position is wrong will cause disputes and dissatisfaction.
Yuchi Jingde sat behind Changsun Wuji, Li Xiaogong and others, so there was nothing wrong with this ranking.
But he was very angry today, feeling that the blame he had shouldered for so many years should finally be over, but the emperor would rather give Hou Jun the opportunity to lead the army to fight than let himself go.
There was no way to vent this anger to the emperor, only to the people around him.
Yuchi Jingde is Yuchi Gong, one of the door gods.
Jingde is his given name, and his real name is Yuchigong.
This man is a tall and strong man with a black face, and his arms are as thick as the legs of ordinary people.
When his eyebrows are straight and his beard is growing, no one dares to confront him.
Seeing that Yuchi Jingde was about to lose his temper after drinking, Li Er changed the subject and asked Li Yunze loudly, "You said you wanted to benefit from Lu Guogong. What kind of good thing is it? Is it possible that the railway can be built to the foot of Gaochang City?"
Everyone laughed immediately when they heard this.
If we could really build the railway to the foot of Gaochang City, we would be able to win even if we arranged for a pig to be a general.
"Not the railroad."
Li Yunze smiled and shook his head, "It's another good thing."
As the good things in his mouth were carried up by two farmers from Lijiazhuang, everyone looked around curiously.
A large iron box, square and square, with nothing special about it.
Li Yunze stepped forward and connected the battery to start the power supply, and rows of signal lights suddenly lit up.
The people around him moved closer and saw the red and green lights flashing. They thought it looked pretty, but they didn't know what it meant.
Li Yunze's eyes signaled a banker, "Let's get started."
The banker nodded, put on the headphones, and clumsily started to say, "Didi, Didi, Didi, Didi~~~"
After a while, he stopped.
Li Er and others looked puzzled, what does this mean?
Fortunately, not long after, the banker shouted happily, "Here we come."
Then the banker quickly picked up a pen and paper and wrote a series of ghostly symbols on the paper.
At least in the eyes of Li Er and others, this is a ghost-drawing talisman.
After finishing writing, the banker took out a stack of thick books, rummaged through something, and then wrote word by word on the paper, 'The weather is sunny and windless in Lantian County today.'
Li Yunze took the paper and handed it to Li Er, who looked confused.
Li Er read out the handwriting on the paper, and then everyone looked at Li Yunze, waiting for his explanation.
"I started preparing this a long time ago." Li Yunze pointed at the dealers, "Even when I went to Luoyang City before, I didn't stop training them."
"This thing is called a radio station." Li Yunze patted the tin box. "I won't explain the principle. You don't understand it anyway. You just need to know how it is used."
His hand pointed to the paper in Li's second hand again, "The content on this was sent from Lijiazhuang, just before half a stick of incense."
While most people were still confused, Li Er suddenly sat upright and asked, "Really?"
"It's absolutely true, more real than real gold."
At this time, the smart people like Changsun Wuji and others had already figured it out, and everyone looked horrified.
Yuchi Jingde and others were still confused, but they felt that the matter was not simple.
Li Er immediately yelled outside, "Seal Qingshan Palace! No humans or animals are allowed in or out!"
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