Don't be a prince

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Conversations like this are happening all over Chang'an.Under the conscious guidance of the members of the secret guard, a trend of public opinion that "the Wang family is black-hearted and the prince is kind" is taking shape.

Li Chengqian, who was in courtyard No. 001, laughed so hard that his stomach ached when he saw the report sent by the secret guard.

Throwing a topic and mobilizing public opinion is just a trick. In later generations, I don’t know how many people are playing with it. He just borrowed it, but he didn’t expect it to be very effective in the Tang Dynasty.

It's no wonder that Liu Bang wanted to kill the white snake, and the Yellow Turban Army also wanted the slogan "The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand".The common people who spend all day on the ground like to gossip, and the behavior of "following what others say" is unavoidable even in the open age of later generations, let alone now.

Although fooling the people made him feel a little guilty, but if he wanted to deal with the Wang family, that was the only way he could do it.

If it is said that in the coal business, it is his strategy to find a way to make the Wang family lose money, and it is too ridiculous. The background of the aristocratic family cannot be damaged by one or two business failures.His real purpose was to attack the Wang family's reputation.

Fame is something that no matter it is common people or princes and dignitaries, they all regard it as a treasure. As for a family like the five surnames and Qiwang, it is the lifeblood of the existence.

"Hmph, I don't know what that old fellow Wang Ying will look like when he finds out that the Wang family's reputation in Chang'an has become bad!"

After throwing the secret report into the brazier and burning it, and stretching himself, Li Chengqian decided to continue practicing his archery skills.

Damn Feng Ang clearly agreed to teach, but after entering the academy, he was like a pervert seeing a beautiful woman, and he was more attentive to his studies than the students.Originally decided to go back years ago, but in the end it was delayed again and again, so that the Lingnan tribe thought that something happened to him, and sent Feng Zhiyu to spy on him under the name of tribute.As a result, the person who came to inquire about the news was also trapped in the academy, and he just sent the old servant back with tokens and letters to report his safety.

Although Feng An didn't have time, Li Chengqian was still needed as a coach.

Although Ashina Xue couldn't open a five-stone bow, she was pretty good at archery.With her as a sparring partner, there is still an improvement in archery.

The cold winter wind blows, which greatly interferes with archery, but the more such an environment is, the more it is to hone the skills.

After an arrow hit the nine rings, Li Chengqian blew his stiff hands and continued to shoot another arrow.

"Eight out of ten arrows can hit the target, which is already pretty good. Why do you have to hit the heart?"

Being exposed to the cold wind, Zhang Yun knew about the snotty nose, but Ashina Xue didn't care at all.

Being distracted, the arrow hit the ground, and Li Chengqian looked back helplessly and said, "There is an idiom in the Central Plains called 'keep improving', do you know that? Besides, if I don't practice archery well, what will you do if you look down on me?"

Hearing this sentence, Ashina Xue blushed a little.When she first came to Datang, she really felt that the prince of Tang was a waste.After all, when she was young, her father told her that only the Han generals and soldiers had a bit of courage in battle, and those in power, I am afraid that the Turkic warriors would piss their pants in fright.

As for the royal family, it is even more useless. Fighting wars can only be done by generals, and governing the country can only be done by ministers, leaving only eating, drinking and having fun.Prince, the person who will become the emperor in the future must not be much better.

However, after getting along with her for this period of time, she probably also knew that what her father said was not entirely correct.At least, she found out that the prince of the Tang Dynasty is not a rich man.

His swordsmanship is very good, he is not put on airs at all, and his fist and kick skills are not bad. The eunuch named Zhang Yun is very powerful, but even so, he can persist under Zhang Yun's men for a long time.Although his archery skills are incomparable to those of Turkic warriors, but judging by the way he is concentrating now, he knows that after one or two things, his archery skills will be great.

Appearance was never the point, what she admired the most was his desperate efforts to heal his wounds.Although reckless, it is also courage.

Before she knew it, she realized that, it seemed, this was the Mr. Ruyi she was looking for.

Although, this is the Han prince, and he is destined not to maintain friendship with the Turks.

It wasn't until the last arrow in the quiver hit the target that Li Chengqian nodded in satisfaction, and ordered Yu Tai to send Ashina Xue back. He planned to go to Qingque to have a look.

It was originally a venue for experimenting with hydropower and wind power. Since Li Tai joined, it has been continuously expanded.When researching ordinary things, they go to the engineering college, and when researching important things, they go to the secret testing ground.

The wind power, after all, was still subdued. Now the giant hammer of water power and wind power has been given to the military supervisor. achievement.According to him, with these two things, Datang's ability in armor making and smelting can increase by more than five times.

In the cold winter season, Li Tai didn't spend the winter in Wei Wang's mansion, but huddled in the laboratory of the engineering college and fiddled with iron and wood.Although, there are more than a dozen coal stoves in the laboratory...

"Qingque, what are you messing with?"

Seeing that Li Tai was gesticulating with two iron plates and not busy with it, Li Chengqian asked curiously.

Putting down the iron piece in his hand, Li Tai was about to get angry, but when he saw that the person who came was his brother, he turned into a smile.

"Brother Huang, you came just in time. During spring plowing, didn't you say that you can combine plowing, sowing, and soil cultivation together to save trouble, so I want to make such a plow stick.

Cui Shi of the Eastern Han Dynasty has a book "Politics", saying that at that time there was a columbine cart for farming, which consisted of three columbine feet and three ditch openers underneath. Digging and sowing on the land, covering and suppressing at the same time, can achieve multiple results in one fell swoop, saving time and effort, and its efficiency can reach nearly [-] mu per day.

But I went to Sinong Temple to ask, and there is this thing, but the blueprint has been lost.After inferring the structure of the columbine according to the records, I think that even if there is one, it is difficult to promote it, because the common people still like to sow seeds by hand, and the seeds sown by the columbine are too much, which is a waste. "

Seeing Li Tai talking endlessly, Li Chengqian was shocked.You have to know that this kid is only 11 years old now, so he is so thoughtful.People like to sow seeds by hand. He can't learn it without a teacher. He definitely went to the farmer's house to ask.No matter what it is, it will be welcomed only if it caters to the needs of the market. I didn't expect Li Tai to understand this now.

"Qingque, did you go to the farmer's house to ask? Otherwise, how do you know that the farmer sows the seeds by hand because they are afraid of wasting the seeds?"

Li Tai chuckled: "That's natural. Since the car is going to be promoted to the common people in the future, how can it be done without asking their opinions. Let's not talk about this, brother emperor, I went back to the palace to visit the queen yesterday. Guess what I have to do What news did you know?"

"If you have something to say quickly, I will go back to the palace tomorrow to pay my respects to my father, queen and queen. Maybe I have to move back to the East Palace. Even if you don't tell me, I will know."

When the old man was still there, he could still live in the academy, but now that the old man has left, as the prince, he must return to the East Palace as soon as possible.After all, the prince wants to live in the East Palace.

Seeing that Brother Huang's appetite was not whetted, Li Tai could only continue to break the news: "The queen mother said that she has already confirmed the candidate for the concubine for you. Guess whose family it is?"

Is the concubine sure?If there is no accident, this candidate should not change.

Li Chengqian smiled helplessly: "Secretary Cheng Su Dan's eldest daughter?"

Hearing Li Chengqian's calm tone, Li Tai was not calm anymore.

"The queen mother said that she met the Su family's daughter in secret, and strictly ordered me not to speak out. Brother emperor, how did you know?"

After confirming the conjecture from Li Tai's mouth, Li Chengqian immediately lost interest.

Although history has changed, the main concubine of the Eastern Palace is still the Su family.

However, judging from the selection of the main concubines of the Eastern Palace, including the main concubine of Wei Wang, the emperor's father obviously didn't want to be married to a powerful and famous family anymore, and his defense was the monopoly of his relatives.However, the princess still has to marry into a big family, especially a new family, which is one of the emperor's means to win people's hearts and consolidate the regime.

"Brother Huang, what are you thinking? But I also want to see what the Su family looks like in advance? Don't worry, my brother has not forgotten that you helped me. Hehe, how about we visit the Su family tomorrow?"

Seeing Li Tai's sinister smile, Li Chengqian shook his head helplessly, and said earnestly: "Qingque..."

"It's good that we both know about such a thrilling and exciting thing, but don't tell others!"

Li Tai immediately followed suit, and never mentioned this matter again, but continued to tinker with his own iron pieces.

In order to develop a columbine that can evenly sow seeds, he has experimented with many structures.

Chapter 235 Su Yuan

Seeing Li Tai who was working hard, Li Chengqian couldn't help but help.As a prince, Li Tai should have been a happy otaku in his Wei Palace at this time, but because of his own guidance, now he is between a pile of wood and iron.

It's just a columbine cart. In later generations, we have seen automatic seeders. According to this thing, it is not a problem to make an animal-powered machine.

The plow, the handle, the seed storage box, and the board behind the soil are not difficult. The most difficult part is actually the sowing part. How to sow the seeds at a uniform speed and quantity made Li Tai scratch his head.

"Qingque, why do you only want to intercept? Can't you decide how much to put down? Look at these two pieces of wood, assuming that this is a box for storing seeds..."

When Li Ke came over, he happened to see Li Chengqian explaining to Li Tai the agency that limited the number of seeds.In fact, it's not a big deal, as long as you make small holes on the wheels below, you can naturally limit the amount of seeding.The rest, in fact, is to improve small problems such as friction.

"So that's enough, Brother Huang, you are simply a genius!"

After thinking hard for a long time, he couldn't solve the problem, but now Li Chengqian solved it in a short while. Apart from admiration, Li Tai couldn't help feeling a little more ashamed.Obviously, I think I'm the smartest...

Seeing Li Tai's thoughts, Li Chengqian patted him on the shoulder and said: "Qingque, that's the same sentence, this thing is no different from intelligence, you can build the prototype in a short period of time, it has already made people I am very surprised. To study this kind of behavior, more often you need a flash of inspiration. It is not a good thing to get too addicted to it. I heard from your guard that you didn’t sleep well for the past two days because of this thing. ?”

Li Tai gave his guard a hard look, and then said helplessly: "Brother Huang, I like to do these things. Although it's not good to sleep and forget food, I just can't help it. You guided me to these things, just to let me go on this road?"

Li Chengqian smiled, and Li Tai really realized this, but if he didn't like it himself, he wouldn't accept it either.

"Qing Que, Brother Huang is thinking of us. Only if we have something to do, we won't be held hostage by our subordinates to do outrageous things."

After taking the tea cup handed over by Li Ke and taking a sip of tea, Li Chengqian said: "Since you both know, I won't hide it from you, Qing Que, Li Ke, we are brothers, maybe you can shoot now." He said with a sigh of relief that he didn't have any other ideas. But when your subordinates are dishonest, even if you don't want to do it, you have to do it.

Before the Dragon Boat Festival, you still remember that the blue bird fell into the water, it was actually done by two veteran officials of the Sui Dynasty who were deeply favored by Emperor Yangdi.I didn't say it before because I was afraid of affecting the relationship between the two of you. Now that I say it, I actually want to tell you a word. "

Hearing this, Li Tai and Li Ke immediately cheered up.They knew that this was rare among the three brothers to tell the truth, and what Brother Huang said must be firmly remembered.

"It's the deception that separates the whole family. From now on, no matter what you two have to say, you have to tell me directly. It's okay to yell when you get angry, but you can't hide it. Do you understand?"

Although it was hard to imagine that he would swear at the emperor brother, Li Tai and Li Ke still nodded.

Putting one arm on one shoulder, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Of course, this has to be in private. On the bright side, we still have to act. For example, if our current actions are seen, we will be impeached. For example, we will be impeached in a moment. At the same table, eating shabu-shabu regardless of priority will also be impeached."

Hearing that he was going to eat shabu-shabu, Li Tai immediately smiled: "Brother Huang, do you have enough mutton? I have suffered a lot in the past two days, and I have to make up for it!"

Li Chengqian and Li Ke laughed at the same time.

The three brothers embraced each other's shoulders, swaggered out of the laboratory, and went to the cafeteria.

Some things can only be said in private, and some things can only be done in private.As for the entrustment of "telling the truth", Li Chengqian decided to say it after thinking about it for a long time.

He was unwilling to ask him to guard against Li Tai, Li Ke, all his brothers, and even kill them if necessary.At least, he thought he couldn't do this unless he was sorry.

Although it is a good habit to stifle risks in the cradle, the object of stifling cannot be people, at least not relatives.

The cook of the college was also taught by the chef of the East Palace, but he was ordered to go down and let him prepare. It didn't take long for him to send all the materials up.

Li Tai has a special liking for hot-boiled mutton, and the dipping sauce in the small bowl is consumed very quickly.

After pouring a lot of mutton slices into the pot, Li Taicai said, "Brother Emperor, after the columbine is researched, who should I give the credit to? Or to the Institute of Engineering?"

After eating a green vegetable, Li Chengqian said: "You are stupid, such credit is naturally taken from yourself. Don't look at the calm in the court now, do you think those bastards have no objection to you? Li Ke's fief How much, compared with yours, it is pitiful to death. Although the father and queen mother like you, so many fiefdoms are unfair to the other princes and even the ministers.

Now, hey, believe it or not, many people are waiting for you to make mistakes. As long as you make mistakes, they will ask Father to reduce your fief until you are almost the same as Li Ke!Now you are the one who needs the most credit. As the king of Wei, you are not qualified to participate in politics, but the credit does not necessarily come from military and political achievements.After researching the columbine cart, even Qu Yuanli can't compare with it.With this credit, when the emperor rewards you, you can refuse it again, so that your fief can be kept safe. "

Li Ke also said: "Brother Huang is right, don't talk about other princes, Qingque, even my brother, I am jealous of your fief. I heard that you are going to build a house near the college, remember to take your brother's house with you It's covered!"

Li Chengqian smiled when Li Ke opened his mouth to go whoring for nothing, obviously, he was telling the truth.

Li Taiman said indifferently: "It's just a house. If you don't tell me, third brother, my younger brother will build it for you. It's not shameful to say this at our brother's dinner table. Hurry up and eat it, save a while and say that I will eat all the meat." Already!"

Li Ke laughed loudly, seeing that the mutton was getting steamy, he put down his chopsticks immediately, and the three elder brothers had a great time grabbing the meat.

"Hmph, three shameless people, why don't you call me the old man for eating meat?"

Following the sound, I saw Yang Du walking over, stroking his beard.

There was no need to order, and the cook delivered a fresh set of dishes.

After Li Gang left, Yang Du was elected as the new Jijiu. Although Zhenguan College had the emperor as the principal dean and the prince as the deputy dean, it was the position of "jijiu" who really spoke.Yang Du was also elected because his virtue was second only to Li Gang.

After eating a few bites of vegetables, a few pieces of meat, and another sip of wine, Yang Ducai said: "The parent meeting after the midterm exam, because of Lao Li's departure, has been delayed again and again, and now it will soon become the parent meeting at the end of the term." .Boy, how do you open it? You have to come up with a charter. Although officials visited the academy before, it was just a coincidence at that time. Since you proposed the parent meeting, you should hold it."

Li Chengqian nodded. It's not that the great Confucian scholars couldn't teach, but they habitually wanted to highlight his importance in the academy.

The establishment of the college, in fact, is the hardest work of these old people. He is just a finger-pointing, but the first contribution to the construction of the college, these old people still put it on him.

"Actually, it's nothing. The convening of the parents' meeting is our explanation to the parents, and it is also a reward for the studious and motivated students. As for the time of the meeting, it will be set in seven days. When I return to Chang'an this time, I will ask my father to release the officials from the court. It's a lie, after all, almost all the ministers in the court and the middle school have children studying with us."

Yang Du hummed, and then continued to eat shabu-shabu.

The generals in the army would eat with the soldiers, and it was the same in the academy. As long as the great Confucianists ate in the academy, they would never eat small stoves.Today, I happened to meet my brother three eating shabu-shabu, so I came here for a meal.

"This dipping sauce is very good, the old man likes it very much, and I will give the old man a set of pot seasoning."

After finishing the meal, he wanted something. Old Yang Du was very arrogant.

But Li Chengqian could only nod his head to accept the old man's blackmail, after all, Yang Du is actually the boss in the academy.

After the old man left, Li Tai patted his flustered stomach and said, "Brother Huang, remember to take me with you when you leave tomorrow. Although the queen mother does not allow me to spread the word everywhere, you can still find an excuse when you go to Su Quan's house." .”

"What are you doing at Su Dan's house? Who is this?"

What made Li Chengqian helpless was that just after Li Tai finished speaking, the person picking his teeth next to him also became interested.

then....

The next day, after the morning court, Secretary Cheng Su Quan hurried back home, and received the news that King Wei and King Wu were coming to the house yesterday.After thinking about it, it is probably only because of the eldest daughter.

The eldest daughter was favored by the empress, and she was already the appointed concubine, but she didn't announce it to the world.Su Quan was still very excited that the eldest daughter of the family could fly up the branch, so she didn't pay much attention to this child before, but now she directly regards this child as a treasure in her palm, fearing that something might go wrong and cause the royal family to cancel the engagement.

Among the crowd of craftsmen, Li Chengqian's head was as big as a bucket.Originally, three or five craftsmen could install the spring bed, but after Zhang Yun heard about his plan, he added fifteen more personal guards, and he also sneaked into it with makeup.

Li Tai's round head was exposed from the car window: "Brother Huang, just hold on for a while, let me tell you a secret, when I saw Yan Shi, my saliva almost flowed out, if it wasn't for the clever craftsman who reprimanded you If I stop, I'm afraid I will be exposed. This time, you have to take it easy!"

Pushing Li Tai's head irritably, Li Chengqian said: "That's the thing about beauty or not. In fact, it's just curiosity. The woman that the queen mother personally appointed is the one who grows into Cheng Yaojin. Can you refuse?"

Arranged marriages, that's what it is.Li Chengqian also fantasized about his own love life, but he traveled here before it officially started.If he was a young man from a commoner family, he might still have a chance, but since he became a prince, he had no choice but to accept it.Zhou Shuren is not here now, some words can only be pushed to the head of the master.

The Master said: Turn off the light, it still looks the same...

When they arrived at the gate of Su's house, Li Tai and Li Ke jumped out of the carriage with Su Quan's support.

"The visit of the king of Wei and the king of Wu really makes the humble house full of splendor, please come in quickly!"

Li Chengqian took a special look at his future "father-in-law". This is a thin middle-aged man. Maybe he was once impassioned, but judging from the way he helped Li Tai and Li Ke get off the carriage, he was still polished by the officialdom. All the corners.

Such a person is actually no different from an honest person.The common people are small and rich, and they are put in the officialdom, and the same is true for officials below the honor.

The Su family is not a big family, and no matter how much their ancestors were traced back, they could not be traced to any famous person.Besides, although Secretary Cheng is an official in the court, he is really not in the top class. How capable is the person in charge of books?

The emperor's father may have taken a fancy to this point, so he can rest assured that the candidate for the crown prince will fall to his family.After all, even if there are one or two high-ranking members of a family without foundation, it is impossible to seize power.

Li Chengqian was still very upset when someone pulled him while he was thinking about something. He turned his head and glared at Zhang Yun, but when he found himself standing, he realized why this guy pulled him.

After being the prince for several years, he got used to this identity invisibly. He obviously played the role of a young craftsman now, but when he was walking, he still unconsciously walked in front of Li Tai and Li Ke.Fortunately, Li Tai's mouth was so eloquent that Su Quan couldn't pay attention to him and didn't notice him.