Don't be a prince

There was reddish water flowing on the ground, and a strong smell of alcohol could still be smelled.It seems that not only salt water but also alcohol are used.When this "use" is used for the whole body, it is thanks to Murpy that he can carry it.

Although the mouth was forced to open and could not be bitten together, the tongue was still free.After seeing clearly who the person walked into the interrogation room, Murpido immediately roared.He and Meunier are brothers and sisters. They grew up together, and their friendship is better than that of brothers. When they saw the murderer who killed Meunier, their eyes turned red and they screamed loudly.

During the violent struggle, even the chains that bound him made sounds, and a stream of blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth.Seeing his crazy appearance, Li Chengqian had no doubt that a tooth would fly out in the next moment.

Sitting on the chair brought by Duan Yunzhi, he called a Sanskrit-speaking Baiqisi to act as an interpreter. Li Chengqian said: "I can't keep my mouth shut. It is very difficult to speak our Tang dialect. You should speak your own language. You I am very angry at Gu, and I understand, after all, the one who killed your companion is Gu. However, does Gu deserve to be beaten to death by your companion? Skills are not as good as others, and death is death. Besides, since you started plotting against our Tang Dynasty At that time, we were the enemy, and we didn't even have this awareness, so why did you come here?"

Mopido's eyes widened: "Minuo wishes you all the best!"

Baiqisi, who was in charge of the translation, translated what he meant casually.

"Your junior brother, it is estimated that he has been burned to ashes by now. However, Gu will ask people to hand over his ashes to your envoys and take them back to Tianzhu. When you die, Gu can give you the same treatment." After all, the strength of the two of you is quite respectable."

Hearing the prince's words, even Zhang Yun couldn't help the corners of his mouth twitching.This is talking nonsense with your eyes open. Now the heads of those Indian monks are hanging at the door of the guest house of Honglu Temple, and Meunier is naturally included among them.

However, he naturally would not expose his master.

After listening to the translation, Murpido was obviously not so manic, and said, "Big fellow, Wada."

"Don't be in a hurry to thank me. I haven't planned to let you go like this before. The king of your Tianzhu, the king of Jieri, is a bit cowardly, and the rest are useless. To be honest, it is hard for Gu to imagine that you have The courage to disrupt the Tang Dynasty through religion. I have asked Xuanzang. Among the monks, the status of the two brothers and sisters is the most respected. It seems that you are enshrined by some royal family. If you say that you don’t know anything, I don’t believe it. Tell me what you know, and I can have someone give you a good time."

After hearing what the translator said, Murpido suddenly laughed: "If you don't break the shell, don't worry about it!"

(Don’t read with your mouth open, you’re a fool to know)

"Tsk, you're quite loyal. But, don't toast and refuse to drink fine wine."

Looking at Li Chengqian on the opposite side, and then looking at the wounds on his body, Mo Pido laughed even more wildly.Because of the stuff in his mouth, the laughter sounded extraordinarily weird.

Duan Yunzhi was suddenly furious, picked up the whip on the ground, and gave Mopido a loud blow.

However, with this whip, Murpido's laughter became even wilder.

"That's it?"

This time, without an interpreter, Li Chengqian could understand what he was saying.

Although I really wanted to give this guy who looked down on the prince a few more whips, but the whip just now, in the case of hatred, probably hurt the guy's heart.

Throwing away the whip, Duan Yunzhi saluted and said: "His Royal Highness, not to mention Tianzhu, even our Great Tang also has ascetic monks. They have undergone all kinds of torture by themselves, and their will is amazing. I once saw a barefoot monk in my humble position. His feet are already as hard as the soles of shoes, even if they step on thorns, there is no discomfort. To be honest, I am afraid that our current instruments of torture are not taken seriously by him."

Li Chengqian sneered, turned to Zhang Yun and said, "Go back to the East Palace. In the safe in the secret room of the lonely study, there is a purple bag. Bring it. Also, find some goose feathers and the like." .”

Seeing Zhang Yun turn around and leave, Duan Yunzhi asked curiously, "Could it be that His Royal Highness knows how to deal with him?"

Li Chengqian nodded, drank his tea unhurriedly, stared into Murpido's eyes and said, "You'd better give in now, otherwise, I will let you experience what it means to be in pain later. Oh, I'm sorry, but the word solitary is not used correctly, it should be called itching to die."

Seeing that the translator had finished translating halfway, Li Chengqian reached out his hand to stop him from continuing to translate.

Zhang Yun rode a fast horse. Although he was a little slow because he needed to open the city gate and the palace gate, he returned quickly.

After taking the goose feather and purple cloth bag and handing it to Duan Yunzhi, Li Chengqian said: "Wipe the contents of this bag on him, you don't need to talk about the goose feather, you already know what it is for! Go outside and wait, wait." If he recruits, he will be killed, as long as he shows the confession to Gu."

Duan Yunzhi swallowed, he already knew what the prince meant.

The pain can still be tolerated, but itching, I am afraid that no one can cultivate resistance to this thing.No need to try, he knew what Murpydo would suffer next.

The interrogation was handed over to Duan Yunzhi, and Li Chengqian walked out of the interrogation room slowly.

Watching the prince leave with his own eyes, Duan Yunzhi in the interrogation room no longer knew what to say.The prince's change was too sudden.However, judging from his reluctance to watch the execution with his own eyes, he was still not extremely ruthless.This is good, thinking of the emperor's words, Duan Yunzhi felt that the current crown prince is already very good.

Naturally, the interrogation didn't take too long. When Li Chengqian was a little sleepy, Duan Yunzhi came out with the record.Under the moonlight, his unattractive face was turned pale, making him even more terrifying.

He casually took the record that Duan Yunzhi brought, and just read it once, Li Chengqian smiled wryly.Good guy, really good guy.There are so many people who plan this together.However, the most interesting thing is that there are people who look like Tang people among them.If this person is from inside Datang, then he is eating inside and out.

However, Li Chengqian would rather believe that this person was from a country such as Goryeo, Silla, Baekje or Wa.But no matter what, at least one thing can be confirmed-now, Datang has become a thorn in the side of all forces, and has reached the level of conspiracy to deal with it.

With a long sigh of relief, he handed the record to Duan Yunzhi, and Li Chengqian said: "Send this record to the emperor. At the same time, the Baiqi Division and the dark guards are dispatched to closely monitor the foreign religions in Chang'an City, especially the jacket sect. , Sacred Fire Cult, and some other guys with extreme doctrines. I didn’t expect that I would do the right thing by mistake!”

Duan Yunzhi nodded, and immediately took the record to sort it out.

Walking out of Baiqisi's stronghold with his hands behind his back, Li Chengqian kept silent until he got on the carriage.

It wasn't until the carriage started to move forward that Li Chengqian looked at Zhang Yun who was sitting at the door, and asked, "Old Zhang, I just realized today that when it's time to be ruthless, you can't be soft-hearted. The enemy is the enemy, and there can be no ambiguous boundaries. Maybe Sometimes, it is wrong to draw a knife if there is a disagreement, but I have to admit that this is really easy!"

Having followed the prince for many years, Zhang Yun naturally knew that he didn't need to talk to him at this time, he just listened.However, in his opinion, it was a bit late for the prince to realize this truth. ,

Such a big thing happened in Buddhism, and it is impossible to hide it. Therefore, a group of monks, represented by Huiming Huijue, went to the palace to make a plea.

Although they don't know what agreement they reached with the emperor, or how much they were blackmailed, anyway, the emperor took the initiative to stroll to the East Palace, holding Li Mengyu for half an hour, which is extremely rare.

The emperor was holding Li Mengyu, and Li Chengqian was holding Xiao Mengyue. The father and son sat in front of the hall, letting the child bask in the sun. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like the emperor and the prince.

"Even I didn't see this matter so deeply. If they really let them succeed, the consequences would be unimaginable. The current Buddhism, even our royal family, doesn't just suppress it. If something really goes wrong, other It's as bad as a military disaster.

How about it, now that Buddhism and Taoism are difficult to deal with, do you still have the confidence to handle this struggle? "

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "There is no reason to dare. Chaos now is better than chaos at night. Now that our Tang Dynasty's national strength has improved, why not give them a breeding ground? If we don't control them now, we don't know what will happen later." how's it going."

Li Shimin nodded. In fact, even if Li Chengqian didn't say anything, he was going to take advantage of this turmoil to enhance the royal family's control over Buddhism and Taoism.

Thinking of the report of the Gunpowder Department, Li Shimin said in a low voice: "The small cannons researched by the Gunpowder Department, I see, are really powerful, but why did you order them to make so many?"

"You have read the report of Baiqisi. Now, our Tang Dynasty has become a thorn in the eyes of the surrounding countries. To be honest, if I knew that the current situation would become like this, I should not have promoted gunpowder in the first place."

To forcefully promote the progress of something in history will definitely not go smoothly.Gunpowder weapons did help Datang reduce casualties, and they also vibrated the Quartet, but the greater the benefits, the greater the cost.

But standing out from the crowd and being tabooed by chickens is what Datang needs to pay.

Hearing Li Chengqian's voice of self-blame, Li Shimin laughed and said, "What's the use of regretting? If the benefits are enough, it's worth the risk. On the contrary, I'm looking forward to seeing who can't help it first. Leave the Turks and the like to you to clean up, if they seek their own death, I don’t mind fulfilling them.”

Chapter 463

Hearing the emperor speak the most proud words in the most flat tone, Li Chengqian suddenly understood why the Tang Dynasty won successive victories.

Simply put, attitude is very important.The same enemy is at hand, Li Shimin's choice is to ride out of Chang'an on seven horses, and retreat to the Wei River.But when Huizong of Song Dynasty saw the situation was in danger, he took the position of the prince and ran away.The same situation, different choices, and sometimes, the emperor's choice is different, which can really drive the difference in the country's atmosphere.

Taking a deep breath, Li Chengqian said: "These cannons are going to be distributed to various borders. The most important ones are Guazhou, Gaochang, and Songzhou. Over the years, the cities of our Datang border have been restored. After changing the building materials, it is much stronger than before. In the event of a global attack on the Tang Dynasty, at least the border gates should be able to repel the previous waves of attacks and give the imperial court a chance to support.

You have experienced the battlefield, so you naturally know the principle of one effort, then decline, and three exhaustion.Gunpowder weapons are used for siege and defense in order to exert their power.With these small artillery, even if the enemy attacked the city, they would have to pay a lot of casualties before the soldiers came to the city.With the strength of the city and other gunpowder weapons in reserve, it can naturally be blocked.As long as the first wave of shock fails to break through our Datang's border defenses, what awaits them is that they can't bear the loss and retreat. "

Li Shimin nodded and said, "You're right. If that's the case, let the Gunpowder Department send more gunpowder weapons to the border towns. Left and right are just waste and use, and I hope they will be wasted."

Maybe it was because the voice was too loud, Xiao Mengyu soon became unhappy, and began to howl at the top of his voice.

It was obvious that the emperor had experience in raising children, but the little guy was very resistant to this strange grandfather, even though he tried his best, he couldn't coax him well.

Fortunately, Su Yuan and the others were standing behind. Seeing the emperor's helplessness, they had no choice but to come and pick up the child.

Although it was rare for the baby girl not to cry with her brother, Li Chengqian handed the child to Ashina Xue to take him away, and walked away from Yichun Palace with the emperor.

The weather is already a bit cold now. Years ago, as long as there were no border wars or local disasters, the court would be the most leisurely time.

If left in the past, this period is the best choice for autumn hunting.It's not that the imperial court has no money now, so it's perfectly fine to have entertainment at public expense.Besides, ever since Wei Zheng found out that he had paid for it, Wei Zheng had nothing to say, basically as long as the emperor had enough money in his hands, he would hold an autumn hunt.However, these three years have changed. Li Yuan's death is like a haze covering the entire royal family and the emperor. It is not appropriate to do anything.

Without autumn hunting, the emperor at this time is the most idle time.

Not far from Yichun Palace is the kitchen of the East Palace. Seeing the smoke coming from the chimney of the kitchen, Li Shimin walked over without thinking.

The emperor came to the kitchen in person, frightening the cook half to death, and the kitchen knife in her hand fell directly to the cutting board.

Li Shimin ignored the cook, and immediately became interested when he saw the whole sheep on the big chopping board on the other side.

Touching the mutton, he found that it was just killed. Li Shimin said happily: "I heard that your Turkic concubine roasted mutton a long time ago, so let's roast this lamb today. I heard that Qingque is also free today? Let him do it too." Call over, the three of us will eat together."

Li Chengqian turned his head to look at Zhang Yun, who immediately turned around to call someone.

Naturally, natural charcoal fire is better for roasting whole lamb, so Li Shimin ordered Li Jian to wrap the whole lamb in a white cloth and take it to Yichun Beiyuan.

Today is Li Tai's rest day. This guy basically spends three days fishing and two days drying the net.The difference in meaning is that when he was fishing, he was really serious about fishing, and when he was drying his nets, he was also serious about drying his nets.Wei Wangfu is in Guangzhaifang, so it didn't take long for Li Tai to rush to the East Palace.

It would be fine if he was alone, but the problem is that Changsun Wuji also followed him.

Seeing that the emperor and the prince were both in a set of shabby clothes, fiddling with charcoal fire, Changsun Wuji knew that the father and son were really leisurely today.

Taking off his outer robe and putting it aside, Changsun Wuji also came over to help the emperor season the mutton.

Seeing Changsun Wuji, Li Shimin frowned and said: "Other yamen can rest, but your household department can't. Money exchange is the most important thing, don't let it go!"

Changsun Wuji proudly said: "It was really busy the past few days. The copper mines and copper smelters in the household department are now producing enough. Except for Chang'an, Luoyang and other important places that have been exchanging money, the private exchange is very fast. The south has already reached Jinzhou , to Songzhou in the east, Yinzhou in the north, and Qizhou in the west.

Nowadays, most of the Changan exchange points are devoted to dealing with Buddhism. I really don’t know if I don’t try it. Try it and you’ll be shocked!Today, it has been five days since the exchange, and there are still a large number of monks coming over with copper coins.If you only talk about the reserves of copper coins, Buddhism is not even inferior to the aristocratic family, and even surpasses it! "

Li Shimin snorted coldly and said, "They think that I can easily let them go because of the trouble with the demon monks from Tianzhu? Leaving aside Ci'en Temple, Tiantai Temple, etc., Baiqisi Mibao, Songshan Temple and other places, temple monks even entrusted people to pretend to be rich peasants, to come The bank deposits money, exchanges coins by the way, and transfers the money through the bank, and then gets the money back.

According to the report of Zhang Wei, the president of the bank, the coins they have exchanged have reached hundreds of thousands of coins.Every monk, when it comes to money, is even more worldly than the worldly people. "

"Qianbo is touching! Don't talk about them, isn't the Taoism the same? Didn't you and I also avoid our own losses?"

Li Shimin smiled, put the brush on the table, picked up a jug of wine on the table, and invited Changsun Wuji to chat together.

Although he didn't hear what they were talking about, Li Chengqian, who was tinkering with the charcoal fire, could hear their wretched laughter.

Glancing over there, Li Tai said speechlessly: "Father and Uncle Changsun get together, and I don't know who will be unlucky. Let's not talk about this, Brother Huang, I am going to study trains, but I found that the price of iron in Chang'an is very high." It’s going crazy, tell me, what’s the Ministry of Household doing to raise the railway price?”

Li Chengqian said helplessly: "If you want to talk about this matter, I am also a little bit responsible. Recently, the Gunpowder Department has let go of the manufacture of gunpowder weapons, and the weapon workshops of the Ministry of War are also hoarding armor. The supply from the Ministry of War will be on the market later. It is impossible to completely cut off the supply, but it is still possible to increase the price of iron to reduce consumption. If you want to save some money, then wait for a while, and when the Gunpowder Department has finished the gunpowder For the production of weapons, the price of iron should come down."

Li Tai sighed: "When will the scientific research institute be taken seriously by the imperial court! Bingjia and gunpowder weapons are important, but the train is not so important?"

Glancing at the emperor, Li Chengqian said helplessly: "No way, father and the others, they are used to being poor, and money will only be spent wisely. Things with potential, if the potential is revealed soon, they will really pay attention to it." care."

Li Tai said speechlessly: "It's just that the way of thinking is different. To be honest, I am looking forward to your succession. Only when you become the emperor, can we let go of our hands and feet without worrying about expenses."

After patting Li Tai, Li Chengqian said with a wry smile: "The two of us will talk about this in private. If the emperor finds out, believe it or not, your legs will be broken? I remember that among the princes, you are the only one who has enough sixteen." State salary, plus when the scientific research institute was established, I left a lot of money in your treasury, so you used it up?"

Li Tai said speechlessly: "You really don't feel pain in your back when you stand and talk. Didn't you say that you spent money on scientific research? Why did you complain about it after spending the money? Don't say anything else, just the steam engine. Do you know that the steam pipeline needs How time-consuming and laborious is it to build? As far as the blacksmiths affiliated to the scientific research institute work, it is estimated that the steam engine will not be successful until next year. So, I hired a large number of private blacksmiths, and if the pipe is damaged, it will not be repaired, and it will be replaced with a new one. , Save the broken ones for later repairs. Not to mention the big talk, those pipes in the abandoned warehouse of the scientific research institute, after recasting, are enough to transform the Datang coastal warships into steamships."

"Damn, so much wasted?"

Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Chengqian was taken aback.Originally, he was surprised by Li Tai's research efficiency, but now it seems that the rapid advent of the steam engine was really paid for by spending money!

"So, now the scientific research institute has no money, but I still want to try to study trains. Just now in the Hall of Yinyi, I spent [-] yuan with my mother. Take a look..."

Hearing Li Tai's words, Li Chengqian decisively turned his head to the other side...

Seeing that Brother Huang directly came and ignored him, Li Tai became anxious immediately: "Don't bring such a thing, you are the big sponsor, so you have to give 20 guan to your brother anyway, the scientific research institute is really out of money, and it's a fief It will take another year for the income to arrive, so you just have the heart to watch me stay?"

Li Chengqian turned his head speechlessly and said: "Qingque, you really have to learn how to solve problems with limited funds. Your scientific research institute is short of money, but your brother's East Palace is not short of money? Do you think that in Luoyang and Chang'an It is very simple to clear a railway between them? The line has not been connected yet, let alone the laying of railway tracks in the future. Now there is not much money in the East Palace treasury. Are you going to grab milk powder money from your nephew? "

"Milk money?"

"You can't let your brothers and sisters-in-law eat chaff and swallow vegetables! Huh? By the way, the father is rich! Although the mother can be the master of the harem, she can't really mobilize a lot of money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The father's words are different. Well, this time, my father not only forced the Buddhism to agree to exchange currency honestly, but also received a lot of benefits. You go and ask for it, and my father, who is rich at the moment, will agree to you."

"Really?"

"real!"

then.

Li Tai went.

After some preaching.

Lee Tae is back....

Chapter 464

Seeing Li Tai's mournful face, Li Chengqian stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said helplessly, "Qingque, do you think you are still as cute as a meaty ball when you were young? Money, it’s not you and me, it’s those little guys who are still breastfeeding who can earn money by being cute now.”

Li Tai said speechlessly: "I've said it, I've said it. However, the emperor said that it would not be necessary to make it now, so he refused directly. I wanted to tell him that the train is not as simple as a ship. It must have taken time and effort, but before I could say anything, I was rushed over."

Li Chengqian smiled helplessly, this is the way of looking at things, which led to differences.The emperor and the others like the present, and looking forward is just looking forward, so it is quite difficult for them to pave the way for it.In this regard, perhaps it really fits the Taoism's "let nature take its course".

A large pile of charcoal was ignited, Ashina Xue changed into a new outfit, and a husky man came over carrying the sheep.

With the addition of Changsun Wuji, Li Chengqian had to ask the kitchen to kill another sheep and prepare two more legs by the way.Originally, he planned to leave a leg of lamb to the palace for the eldest grandson, but this bastard sister pre-ordered the other leg of lamb.

In this case, it is better to bake enough at one time.

When it was Zhang Yun and Li Jian who lit the bonfire, Li Chengqian and Li Tai also came to a small table, brought paper and pens by the way, and began to study the train.

The success of Li Tai's steam engine also came at a price, because the smelting technology was poor, not to mention the uneven thickness of the pipes, and it was difficult to keep a straight line.The mortise and tenon technology is used in the connection of pipes. Although the craftsmen have worked hard, they still cannot achieve the seamless connection like modern technology. Sealing alone is a big problem.The superposition of various factors has led to the very poor efficiency conversion of the current steam engine.It can be used for armaments for a short period of time, but it can be used for a long time.Trains in particular, if they are expensive to run, lose the purpose of making them.

There is no need to rush to make it with steel, Li Chengqian thinks that for Li Tai at this stage, it is a good way to harm wood first.Let the wooden train run first, and then study other things.

Li Zhi is also on vacation today, originally thinking of going to the East Palace to pay a visit to the emperor's brother, but when he saw the mutton rolling on the charcoal fire, he no longer had the idea of ​​turning around and leaving.When the queen came over with her son in her arms, it was supposed to be a fun time, but it turned into a family gathering.

It's okay to relax now, but when it comes to winter, especially years ago, who knows how busy it will be.For Xue Yantuo's grassland, Datang still adopted the same detention policy as Tuyuhun this time, and did not rush to dispatch officials to manage it.Apart from having a headache, the officials were surprised to find that it had been invaded for a long time, and anti-invasion was such a cool thing.

Xuanzang returned to the Temple of Mercy only after recuperating for more than 20 days.Because of his importance to Buddhism is self-evident, after Huiming personally asked the emperor, a large number of monks settled in the Ci'en Temple, and the water around the Big Wild Goose Pagoda was blocked.