Fu Tang

Shi Xueting couldn't help laughing and said, "Why this expression?"

Li Congjia shook his head and said nothing, what else could he say?Shi Xueting, this is obviously the rhythm of friends all over the world. Such a person is willing to be an ordinary monk. I don't understand the pursuit of a great god.

Shi Xueting pulled Li Congjia into his arms and said, "It's not as complicated as you think. It's just that I worked hard with my brother in the past. I met many kind people along the way and helped many people. Some of them have not been in touch for many years. , but it shouldn’t be a problem to send a letter to ask.”

What Shi Xueting said was conservative, but Li Congjia didn't believe it would be so simple. Shi Xueting never did useless work. Since he said that he could find someone who could cooperate with others, he would definitely be able to find him.

Li Congjia touched his face and said, "There's no rush, let's talk about it later when everyone discusses and comes to a conclusion."

Shi Xueting didn't insist either, Li Congjia asked again: "Ah... In fact, no matter how I look at it, I think you are more suitable to be a king than me."

Li Congjia really didn't understand. He used to think that Shi Xueting was only superb in martial arts, so he was willing to assist him with self-knowledge in order to restore peace to the world, but the longer he was together, the more he felt that Shi Xueting possessed The most basic quality of the emperor.

At least he knows a lot of things, even Li Congjia sighed.

Shi Xueting was a little helpless: "Why are you talking about this matter again? If I really want to replace him, what should you do?"

Li Congjia was a little strange: "Me? What happened to me? Back then, the Tang Dynasty was already subjugated by my father. Anyone who sees me establishing a Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions will be dying. What are you worried about?"

Shi Xueting asked very straightforwardly: "I become king, so will you be my minister?"

After hearing this, Li Congjia thought about it carefully, and finally shook his head and said, "Probably not, I don't have any other skills, maybe I just find a safe place to live in seclusion and live this life in peace."

Shi Xueting then said: "In that case, I'd rather help you to the top, at least you can stay by my side."

Li Congjia was a little puzzled: "But at the beginning...you didn't do it for this, did you?"

When Shi Xueting insisted on helping him and didn't want anything, they had just arrived in the Western Regions, and the two of them hadn't developed a special relationship yet, so Shi Xueting's concern...was not very valid.

Shi Xueting kissed his forehead and said, "How do you know I didn't do it for this?"

Li Congjia was surprised: "Did you just..."

Shi Xueting thought about it seriously and said: "It's probably a subconscious thought."

Hidden enough, knowing that Shi Xueting liked him a long time ago, Li Congjia immediately smiled, leaned over and kissed his collarbone and said, "Okay, just talking casually, you are tired too, take a good rest."

tired?Shi Xueting looked down at Li Congjia thoughtfully and said, "You don't seem to be very tired."

Who said he wasn't tired, just now he didn't even have the strength to move his fingers!

Seeing Shi Xueting's malicious appearance, Li Congjia couldn't help stretching out his hand to smear his face and said, "I haven't finished approving today's papers."

Shi Xueting asked: "Come here before the approval is over?"

Li Congjia was very calm: "Well, I miss you."

Then... the frank result is that Shi Xueting helped to approve today's papers. Not to mention, he imitated Li Congjia's handwriting very vividly.

Early the next morning, Li Congjia went directly from Jinhualuo to Xuanzheng Palace. On the way, Li Congjia ordered no one to talk nonsense.

After all, although the whole palace belongs to him, he is also particular about where he sleeps. Li Congjia can sleep in the Zichen Palace and the Hanliang Palace. For the other concubines, if they get up early in the morning from other concubines and go to court, if the censor finds out, they may have nothing to do.

Now there are no big things going on in the court, they are all trivial matters related to people's livelihood, but what is more surprising today is that the cabinet ministers collectively opposed the household registration system proposed by Li Congjia.

Song Qiqiu said earnestly: "Your Highness, it is not easy to rule the majority with a minority, and it is too late to win the hearts of the people. Wouldn't the introduction of this household registration system make the foreign people alienate from the court?"

Li Congjia had a headache: "But what else can I do?"

Han Xizai stood up and said: "To be fair, the old minister, the important positions in the court are now held by Han people. If there is something, they will naturally favor the Han people. This kind of thing is just tacit, and there is no need to raise it with great fanfare. , not only can’t bring it up, His Highness had better appease the people and tell them that no matter what nationality they are, as long as they are citizens of the Tang Dynasty, they are one family.”

Li Congjia was always worried, and asked again: "What if the Anshi Rebellion reappears?"

Xu Xuan, who has always compared the background among the cabinet ministers, said unceremoniously after hearing this: "The imperial court was already weakening day by day during the Anshi Rebellion. If we govern this place like the Central Plains back then, how can we talk about striving for hegemony?"

Well, what you said makes sense, Li Congjia touched his nose and said: "In that case, let's renegotiate the household registration system, but we still have to divide it. Yang Xin has reached an agreement with Beihan and Beizhou, and there will be a batch of The exiled criminals are escorted here, and these people have a separate household registration."

Zhou Zong didn't take it seriously: "How can it be so? Just enslave directly."

Li Congjia shook his head: "The liberty of slaves is too harsh. Although these people are exiles, there are probably people who have suffered wronged among them. Such people can let them live a normal life in the Western Regions. There is no need to exploit them too much."

Li Congjia's statement is acceptable to everyone, after all, there are some benevolent thoughts in it.

Seeing that everyone reached an agreement on the issue of household registration, Li Congjia said, "Besides this, there is another issue that needs to be discussed."

Although it was a discussion, Li Congjia had basically made up his mind to attack Houshu, so he was tantamount to a notice, but the thoughts of civil servants needed to be taken into account, and Li Congjia asked them to discuss logistical issues such as food and grass.

Although Li Congjia now insists on the separation of the military and the government, there is not much difference between the generals and civil officials. After Li Congjia called Zhao Kuangyin over to discuss, some people got wind. Of course, this wind was released by Zhao Kuangyin. He is here It can be regarded as a newcomer, and you have to make good friends with the courtiers to continue mixing.

Li Congjia was happy to see the family of civil servants and military generals. He knew in his heart that after the Privy Council, the promotion channels for civil servants and military generals were completely different. No one could decide. There was no conflict of interest between the two sides, and they should be able to coexist peacefully.

The plan to attack Houshu has been finalized, but the troops will not be dispatched until the beginning of next year at the earliest. After all, autumn is approaching, and the Western Regions are too cold in autumn and winter for dispatching troops.

Li Congjia turned around and asked Li Hongji and the others to formulate strategies, tactics and marching routes. Li Congjia had no talent for such things, so he simply left them to the people below. He was not worried about Li Hongji and the others fooling him, after all, he still had Shi Xueting by his side.

In this way, the Tang Dynasty, which had been fighting endlessly, suddenly stopped. After the war, the people felt the value of peace. In addition, the taxes set by the imperial court were not high, and the whole Western Regions seemed to be thriving.

Jing Qiong's confidant, who was dragged by the Ministry of Punishments to serve various major punishments, really knew a lot. For example, he knew that Jing Qiong had a secret army, and he also knew a little about the gold mine, jade mine, and agate mine that the Uighur royal family had mastered for generations.

However, those confidantes know are few after all, so Li Congjia is also very satisfied. It seems that these minerals can still be mined for a while, and they are originally owned by the royal family. After thinking about it, Li Congjia simply took them into his own hands.

The ministers turned a blind eye to Li Congjia's actions, and even the imperial censor did not stand up to let Li Congjia confiscate the mining area. After all, everyone knew in their hearts that the royal family really needed their own money bags, so that they would not be stolen. The idea of ​​the treasury, not to mention that most of the things in the treasury used to be Li Congjia's private property.

It's just that after getting these mines, Li Congjia was really in a dilemma. He definitely didn't know how to use the people Jing Qiong sent to mine and transport there before, but he himself... really didn't have anyone.

The people in his hands at the beginning are now soldiers of the Tang state, and the most he has in his hands are the palace servants who serve him as his private slaves.

Li Congjia now urgently needs his own people to manage these mining areas.

After much deliberation, he thought of Liu Yi.

Regarding Liu Yi, Li Congjia also had complicated feelings. He had never doubted Liu Yi's loyalty to him, but this person... didn't know whether to say he was naive or confused, and he couldn't see the situation clearly.

Fortunately, Li Congjia is the only one in the palace now, and no one inside or outside can shake his position. In addition, Li Congjia has been leaving him alone, Liu Yi has been quite honest these days.

But at least it was Liu Sanbian's father, and for Liu Yong's sake, Li Congjia was willing to give Liu Yi another chance.

Liu Yi originally thought that he was going to be marginalized, but he didn't complain about Li Congjia, he just felt that he was too unconscious and got involved in the palace fight rashly. to what?

He never expected that there would be a day when he would be reused again. Although he was asked to manage the mining area, he could see that these mining areas were very important to the royal family. Li Congjia's letting him manage it had already demonstrated his trust.

Li Congjia said very clearly: "This matter does not require you to be so smooth or talented, as long as you follow the rules."

Liu Yi naturally responded, and then asked cautiously: "Your Highness...do you want to recruit some miners?"

He can't do it if he doesn't recruit, now he's just a bare-bones commander, even if he is willing to become a miner himself, how much can he dig?

Li Congjia smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, there will be someone soon."

Liu Yi left here full of doubts, and soon he knew what Li Congjia meant—the first batch of exiles from the Northern Han Dynasty had already left the customs.

Now Datang has too many places to work, and these people are actually not enough. However, Li Congjia still asked Liu Yi to pick out some honest and honest people who seem to be able to do heavy physical work. Of course, if these people have family members Take it all together.

Li Congjia didn't need to take care of the rest, but he still told Liu Yi specifically: "Don't be too harsh, working for four hours a day is enough, and you can figure out the rest."

Liu Yi was very surprised: "Four hours? Could it be too short?"

Li Congjia waved his hand: "It's not too short, and if it takes longer, it will easily kill people."

After all, it's all heavy physical work, and working for eight hours in a row is already considered exploitation.

Liu Yi was full of doubts, and after thinking for a long time, he still said: "If this is the case, the output may be...unsatisfactory."

Li Congjia smiled and said, "I know. I have the account books of the Uighur Khan in my hand. If I know the approximate amount, I will give you a number, as long as it is not less than this amount every month."

Seeing that Li Congjia had made a decision, Liu Yi didn't say anything more, and hurried back to deal with those exiles, oh, after leaving the customs, these exiles had a new name - fallen people.

After seeing Liu Yi, Li Congjia packed the memorial again and ran to Jinhualuo. Anyway, he could be with Shi Xueting there, even the approval of the papers would not be so boring. There is nothing wrong with the memorial.

Seeing Shi Xueting, Li Congjia said, "I'll share the gold mine with you later."

Shi Xueting reflexively wanted to refuse, and Li Congjia waved his hand and said, "Listen to me first, your Zengfu Temple may have to be repaired at some point, or you may need money for other places. It is better to have money than to have nothing." Well, although I also have a private treasury, you know the virtues of those censors. Even if I use a private treasury, maybe they will say that I am extravagant and extravagant, and they can’t control the world if you use your own money to your head."

Shi Xueting suddenly laughed, and thought about it for the same reason, so he didn't refuse anymore. He could also see that Li Congjia wanted to treat him well. Indispensably, if Shi Xueting insisted on not wanting it, Li Congjia would always feel uneasy. In this case, he would accept it, not to mention that he also wanted to accept a few more young monks. thing.

Although Shi Qingsong and the others are masters and uncles of the national teacher, they are not qualified to live in the palace after all. Li Congjia found a temple for them and let Shi Qingsong be the host.

Li Congjia can also see that it is false to say that there is no relationship between Shi Xueting and his master, but it is also true that there is a grudge in his heart. Back in the Central Plains, since Shi Qingsong is the abbot of the temple here, naturally he cannot leave lightly, with such a distance, no matter how much Shi Qingsong dies, it will not affect Shi Xueting.

Shi Xueting didn't bother Li Congjia today, at least held him tenderly for a while, and the two of them sat side by side in front of the desk and began to critique papers.

As a result, just after Li Congjia said that those censors like to look for trouble when they have nothing to do, a troublemaker really came.

Li Congjia glanced at the folder, frowned and threw it aside, Shi Xueting was very surprised and said: "What's going on?" He reached out to take it while talking.

Li Congjia reflexively pressed Shi Xueting's hand, and just by his action, Shi Xueting knew that this matter probably had something to do with him.

Li Congjia saw him with a clear face, but let go, Shi Xueting took it over and saw that it was not a big deal, but some people said that Shi Xueting, as a national teacher, lived in the palace for a long time, it was not in accordance with the etiquette system, and he should be outside the palace. Fudi built the National Teacher's Office.

Frankly speaking, this censor is really not aimed at Shi Xueting, what he said is also reasonable, let alone a dynasty without a national teacher, even if there were, very few would keep the national teacher in the palace.

Being able to become a national teacher must have made great contributions to the country, and giving a mansion is naturally a way of rewarding merit.

However, both Shi Xueting and Li Congjia don't appreciate it. In the palace, the two of them want to stick together and have to be careful to avoid eyes and ears. If Shi Xueting moves out of the palace... how difficult is it for the two of them to have a tryst?

After gathering his composure, Shi Xueting rationalized and said: "In the future, there will definitely be such excerpts. If they are all kept in the middle, I'm afraid it will arouse suspicion."

Li Congjia put down the brush and said angrily: "Then what should I do? Do you want me to write directly that I really like the national teacher, so I leave the national teacher to fall asleep every night?"

After Shi Xueting heard this, he couldn't stop laughing. Li Congjia never called himself Zhen, because he never regarded himself as the emperor. It is probably because the two of them are here now, and Li Congjia didn't hide it, just said it casually. .

Li Congjia was terrified by Shi Xueting's laughter, pushed him twice and said, "Hey, stop laughing, if you have any ideas, can you just tell me?"

Shi Xueting directly hugged him and kissed him, "Chongguang, why are you so cute?"

Li Congjia... choked on his chest, didn't know whether to be angry or laugh, he patted Shi Xueting's face after a long time and said, "I'm serious, what's your reaction?"

Shi Xueting said seriously: "Actually, it's not impossible to move out."

Li Congjia's face changed, and he sighed after a long while: "I thought that even if we want to move, we will wait until we return to the Central Plains."

I didn't expect it to come so fast, but it's okay, at least no one has discovered his relationship with Shi Xueting now, and no one insists on breaking them up.

Shi Xueting said: "It's okay to live outside the palace, if it's really not possible, can I also build tunnels?"

Li Congjia stared, on the one hand because of Shi Xueting's big brain, and on the other hand because... this monk's hands are dishonest again.

Seeing Li Congjia dodging, Shi Xueting couldn't help but leaned into his ear and said, "My injury is almost healed."

Oh, the injury is healed, so I can go surfing, right?Li Congjia heard a very serious meaning from this very serious sentence.

But it was useless to hear it, he couldn't resist Shi Xueting's attack at all, and in the end, he was even forced to cry.

Wanting to ask for mercy, Shi Xueting didn't intend to stop, and said confidently: "After moving out, it won't be so convenient, you have to make enough first."

So it was already midnight when Li Congjia fell asleep.

When he woke up the next morning, Li Congjia rubbed his sore waist, and suddenly remembered that even the Jianguo Shifu will take a long time to complete!

Shi Xueting had been holding back for a long time because of his injuries, and finally opened his eyes, with bright smiles on his brows and eyes. Seeing him like this, Li Congjia rubbed his waist again, thinking... Jianguo Shifu is also very good Yes, really, if the waist is good, so is he.

The next day Li Congjia agreed to Jianguo Shifu's request, everyone was very surprised, and the stories that Wang and Guoshi had to tell before secretly disappeared gradually.

The ministers were really relieved, it's good that the two of them didn't mix together, otherwise they were really worried that Li Congjia would not accept concubines in the future - in terms of appearance, women who can look better than Shi Xueting are really rare, just Even today's queen can't compare. If such a person is allowed to accompany the king, then women who want to enter the palace in the future will be invincible.

Sitting on the throne, Li Congjia calmly took everyone's expressions into his eyes. He realized that Shi Xueting's request to move out yesterday might not have been a whim. Perhaps he had expected that some people would start to doubt their relationship.

Thinking of this, he felt more and more indebted to Shi Xueting. Although two people are together, they can't give completely equally, there must be one person who pays more, but Li Congjia always feels that he has given nothing.

This is also the reason why when Shi Xueting tossed him, he always indulged the other party, because he had nothing to give the other party.

The location of the National Teacher's Mansion is not far from the palace, almost next to the palace, which can be regarded as a reflection of the status of the National Teacher.

But this time it was not Li Congjia who fought for it, but these ministers chose such a place spontaneously. Of course, what they thought was different from what Li Congjia thought. There are not many generals who can lead the army. If they really want to set the Central Plains in the future, maybe Shi Xueting will go into battle.

Among other things, the fact that Shi Xueting has never been defeated in leading troops is enough for everyone to have confidence in him.

However, the courtiers are also facing the same predicament as Li Congjia. There is no other good way to make Shi Xueting send troops willingly. Now that the National Teacher's Mansion is to be established, the high-end atmosphere of the National Teacher's Mansion must be upgraded!

After the location was selected, Shi Xueting was very satisfied, and even drew the picture himself. Li Congjia looked at the drawing in his hand, and felt wrong no matter how he looked at it: "What kind of structure are you drawing?"

Shi Xueting said frankly: "It's authentic."

Li Congjia: ...

Are you still here for real?

When Shi Xueting was pulling Li Congjia to discuss which side of the tunnel should be the closest, Chunsheng sent a military newspaper, and Li Congjia shouted angrily after reading it: "A bunch of trash! Is Meng Chang impatient?" ?”

The author has something to say: Shi Xueting: Let’s add a room inside the tunnel.

Li Congjia: Why use it?

Shi Xueting: Put some props.