Fu Tang

When Li Congjia heard that it was difficult to rebuild the Daming Palace, he was rarely angry and asked with a straight face, "Why can't it be rebuilt?"

He thought in his heart that if this group of people told him that Feng Shui was bad or something, he would beat whoever said it!

After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin said quickly: "It's not that it can't be rebuilt, it's that it can't be rebuilt for the time being. For the current plan, it's important to repair Jiucheng Palace first."

Li Congjia waved his hand impatiently and said, "Isn't that the same thing? Anyway, it can't be built, so there must be a reason?"

Seeing that Li Congjia was unhappy, Zhao Kuangyin looked at Shi Xueting resolutely. At this time, whoever went up would hit the gun. His Highness has a good relationship with the National Teacher, um, let the National Teacher go up.

Shi Xueting said, "It's mainly about timber."

Li Congjia was slightly taken aback: "Wood?"

Shi Xueting glanced at Zhou Ye, and Zhou Ye immediately brought up a stack of documents. Li Congjia picked it up and looked at it, and asked in a dazed expression, "What is this? Dasuo's majestic data?"

The above is the population, and... the amount of dry firewood consumption?

Shi Xueting said: "These are the records of dry firewood consumed by the residents near Chang'an. Although it is a bit superficial, you can see the general figures. Your Highness has always been good at spelling, and you can calculate it with random calculations. The trees around Chang'an ... can no longer support the construction of the palace."

Li Congjia was stunned when he heard that, and he didn't look at the data again. He raised his head and thought for a while before he remembered that when he was doing research, he had indeed proposed that with the increase of the population in Guanzhong, the consumption of firewood and charcoal would increase. , Excessive felling of trees has caused serious soil erosion, making the environment near Chang'an worse and worse.

In addition, with the excessive discharge of sewage, the groundwater was polluted and the groundwater became salty, which was also one of the reasons for the later relocation of the capital in the Tang Dynasty.

Li Congjia threw the document on the desk, and said dejectedly: "After so many years of war, the population has decreased a lot, so it's not working?"

Shi Xueting only said one sentence: "It is possible to repair Jiucheng Palace, but it is very difficult to completely rebuild Daming Palace."

Yes, as the population in Guanzhong has dropped sharply, the felling of trees here has become less serious. However, if there is no human maintenance, it will take a long time for nature to recover, not to mention that the trees used to build the palace are at least More than a hundred years.

Li Congjia asked: "How about shipping from the middle of Shu?"

Zhao Kuangyin was a little hesitant. Shuzhou is mountainous, so there are naturally many trees that can be used. It's just that the road to Shu is difficult to talk about casually. Transporting from Shuzhou to this side will consume a lot of manpower and material resources.

Zhao Kuangyin felt that it was okay for him to always shrink back when encountering things. What should be said should be said. After all, Li Congjia is young, and it is normal to be unexpected in some places. If Li Congjia knew everything, what would these ministers do?

Just when he was about to persuade him, he heard Shi Xueting ask: "For the sake of a Daming Palace, how much do you want to waste money and people?"

Fuck it, hero!

Originally, Zhao Kuangyin just wanted to persuade him tactfully, but he didn't expect Shi Xueting to be so rude!

What surprised him even more was that Li Congjia was not angry at all, but said regretfully, "Let's let it go first, anyway, the national treasury doesn't have much money."

Zhao Kuangyin looked at Li Congjia and then at Shi Xueting, and began to think about how to deal with Shi Xueting. Nima, Shi Xueting is equivalent to a gold medal for avoiding death. Everyone can see Xueting's high tolerance.

Zhao Kuangyin couldn't figure it out at first, but later he realized that it was probably because Shi Xueting had nothing to ask for from Li Congjia, and because he had nothing to ask for, he was more open-minded and unscrupulous.

Of course, he didn't know the relationship between the two, so he could only draw such a conclusion.

Seeing Li Congjia's regret, Shi Xueting felt a little distressed, thought for a while and said, "Chang'an has gone through wars and is no longer what it used to be. Why don't we re-plan Chang'an City now, and repair everything that needs to be repaired, so as not to have to rebuild in the future?" Fix."

Li Congjia can do it if he thinks about it, but now he is very satisfied with Chang'an's plan, which is simple and clear, and easy to manage. In this age without computers, it is more convenient to manage with workshops as a unit.

Li Congjia became happy again: "Alright, um, the scale of Chang'an is still a bit smaller now, let's expand it."

Both Zhao Kuangyin and Shi Xueting were puzzled. With such a small population, it would be nice to be able to fill Chang'an today, and it needs to be expanded?At that time, the city will be so big, but with few people, it will not look like a country's capital, right?

Zhao Kuangyin said: "We understand what Your Highness means, but Chang'an is not suitable to be the capital of a country."

The so-called national capital has its symbolic meaning. Even if it is not in the middle of the entire country, it is impossible to set it on the front line. Now they have just captured Chang'an. Next, in order to consolidate the victory, they need to push the front line further north. However, the Northern Zhou Dynasty He definitely won't sit idly by, so there are still some fights.

But Li Congjia said: "There's nothing wrong with it, it's better than Zendan, right?"

Although Li Congjia had lived in the Western Regions for about seven years, he was still not used to it and did not regard it as his home, so he returned to the Central Plains with all his heart, and began to pay attention to Chang'an after taking Shuzhou.

Zhao Kuangyin earnestly said: "It's too dangerous here."

Li Congjia said smoothly: "The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies in the country. What's wrong?"

These two sentences were originally about Emperor Yongle's relocation of the capital and Chongzhen's martyrdom. It was very shocking. Zhao Kuangyin looked at Li Congjia blankly after hearing this, feeling that he didn't know him for a while.

However, after Li Congjia finished speaking, he felt a little ashamed. His thinking may not have reached this level, not to mention that he was confronting a foreign enemy, and he... was still fighting among the Han people.

Li Congjia coughed lightly and said, "Let's leave this matter as it is. Jiucheng Palace doesn't need to go to war too much, as long as it can accommodate people. Before Chang'an City is built, I don't plan to let everyone come here."

What Zhao Kuangyin said is right, it is indeed too dangerous here, Li Congjia dares to stay here, because he is confident that if something goes wrong, he can escape, but if the queen mother, queen, prince and cabinet all come over , how to run then?Do you want to follow the example of Li Jing back then?He can't afford to lose this man!

What's more, the veteran cabinet ministers may not be able to withstand a long journey.

So the best way is to wait for the place to stabilize, and then move the functional departments here. Now... there is nothing wrong with putting it in the delete Dan.

Li Congjia began to think about whether to transfer some people from Zendan, but this needs to be done carefully, because once transferred, everyone knows that these people have a high possibility of joining the cabinet in the future.

Li Congjia wrote a handbook to the cabinet members and asked them to make a list. Li Congjia is not afraid of their selfishness, and it doesn't matter if they have selfishness, as long as they have the ability. It's not particularly unscrupulous, he can bear it.

And even if they come up with a list, Li Congjia will make the final decision.

It's just that after Shi Xueting knew Li Congjia's thoughts, he said, "They won't agree."

Li Congjia was slightly taken aback: "Who are you talking about? The chief assistant?"

Shi Xueting nodded, Li Congjia said with a smile: "How is it possible, this is considered to be a talent reserve in advance, why don't they agree?"

Shi Xueting said patiently: "You can easily destabilize the court like this. It's okay for a short time, but after a long time, the king is not in the capital, but he doesn't take away the important ministers, and there are newly promoted ministers under his command. If this goes on, I'm afraid it will be worse." Form two courts."

After Li Congjia heard what he said, he immediately thought of the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, there were six ministries in the north and the south, and no one would obey the other, and they often fought?

I have to say that Shi Xueting is indeed far-sighted, if he doesn't mention it, Li Congjia will almost ignore this matter.

Li Congjia had a headache: "Do you want to go back to delete Dan?"

It's all here, if he doesn't just win Bei Zhou, he doesn't want to go back.

Shi Xueting said: "You won't go, of course everyone came here, you don't have to worry too much, Jiucheng Palace is still some distance from Chang'an, it is considered a relatively safe place now, and the place is not small, the room There are also homes and the environment is good.”

After hearing this, Li Congjia smiled and said, "You sound...why do you seem to be doing sales for Jiucheng Palace?"

Shi Xueting was a little dazed: "Sales?"

Oh, the word probably didn’t exist at that time, but it didn’t prevent Li Congjia from explaining to Shi Xueting. After listening to it, Shi Xueting found it funny, so he just asked, “Then what do you think?”

Li Congjia shrugged and said: "Let's discuss it. I am not the only one who has the final say on such a big matter. What's more, if they have all moved here, is it considered to be a relocation? Now that Chang'an City has not yet been built, it is not too much to move like this." Hasty? This needs to be discussed."

Shi Xueting said decisively: "Then you go back."

Li Congjia looked around and found no outsiders, so he hugged his waist and said, "No, I don't want to leave you."

Shi Xueting's head was covered with black lines: What kind of wind is this again?

Li Congjia said: "Don't think too much, those people are definitely willing to come. Anyway, I am a king, not an emperor, so I don't have to ask so much."

Shi Xueting sneered: "Just now who compared himself to the emperor?"

Li Congjia looked up at Shi Xueting, and later realized that Shi Xueting probably didn't like the two words he said.

Indeed, Shi Xueting felt uncomfortable when he heard it. He knew that such a sentiment was very noble. If it were someone else, he would admire him very much. Longevity, but he also knows that he is too selfish, so he can only keep his unhappiness in his heart.

But Li Congjia finally noticed it, and stretched out his arms to hug him and said, "That's what I said."

Shi Xueting sighed slightly: "Only words with no intention can reflect what you really think."

Li Congjia was a little broken. He felt that he probably couldn't explain it. Those two sentences had gone through a lot of tempering, and naturally they couldn't be said casually. For the first time, the halo of talent on Li Congjia's head made him speechless. His accomplishments are not that high, maybe everyone will believe that these two sentences were not said by him, but... now even Shi Xueting thinks it is Li Congjia's heartfelt words!

Li Congjia had no choice but to go over to kiss him and said: "I remember what I said, I am here now, and when the world is settled in the future, ten years, at most ten years, the competition for the world should have results , then it’s time for Da Lang to guard the gate of the country.”

Shi Xueting was slightly taken aback: "You...do you still remember?"

Li Congjia stared: "Am I a person who doesn't count his words? So, I'm working hard now so that we can have more time to spend together in the future."

Shi Xueting patted his head and said: "Don't force yourself, no matter where you are, as long as you need, I will always be by your side."

Although Li Congjia made a strong promise, Shi Xueting didn't really believe it. It's not that he doesn't believe in Li Congjia, but he just believes in the impermanence of the world.

As the truth Li Congjia said, the world will be settled ten years later. As the co-lord of the world, how can he just walk away with so many things and such great responsibilities?

What's more, looking at the history books, how many emperors can never miss the throne?Up to now, Shi Xueting's only hope is that the two of them will not have to separate due to various political factors in the future, or even turn against each other.

It is also because of this that Shi Xueting is less and less involved in politics, and he may talk about it in ordinary chats, but those will not be used as the basis for influencing Li Congjia.

Li Congjia's heart is not as dark as Shi Xueting's. He really thinks so, and he's not naive. It's just that he knows his own abilities well, and managing the current country is already a bit difficult. In other places, I am afraid that there will be rebellions every three days.

If it really comes down to it, after the initial stabilization, Li Congjia will have to see if he will abdicate and make way for the virtuous. However, no matter how much he says now, Shi Xueting does not really believe it, so after saying it once, Li Congjia will not mention it again.

However, as Shi Xueting said, after receiving Li Congjia's letter, the cabinet directly submitted a collective petition to return to the north. They also wanted to return to the Central Plains.

Li Congjia thought about it, and with a stroke of his pen, come here.

But before coming here, they have to appease the people of Zendan. However, at that time, there may be many Han people who have passed away before returning with their families. It is uncertain whether the prosperous Zendan can maintain that prosperity. up.

"Don't worry, Zendan is still the only way to the Western Regions. In the future, caravans and so on will always pass through there. It may not be as crowded as it is now, but it won't go down. In the end, it can be regarded as a land of dragon prosperity." After comforting him for a while, Shi Xueting asked again: "How do you want to deal with the Northern Zhou matter?"

After Li Congjia heard this, his expression became extremely puzzled: "Northern Zhou...is this a request for peace?"

Shi Xueting didn't think there was anything wrong: "Their food and grass probably won't be available, at least they won't be able to continue their confrontation with us until the autumn harvest."

Li Congjia didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Their way of suing for peace is quite special. They actually want to sell us wood."

Yes, the people in the Northern Zhou Dynasty did not know where they knew that Li Congjia wanted to build the palace, but there was a shortage of wood, so the Northern Zhou Dynasty sent someone to contact Zhao Kuangyin to express that he wanted to sell the wood.

Zhao Kuangyin also couldn't laugh or cry, if he really wants to surrender, shouldn't he send tribute after submitting?What about selling lumber?

He slandered him, but he still reported the matter to Li Congjia's decision.

Although Li Congjia also complained about Bei Zhou, but after thinking about it, since the other party was willing to bow his head, there was no need for him to focus on the benefits. Bei Zhou needed to recuperate, and they needed it too, not to mention Li Congjia had to build a city.

Bei Zhou was also worried that Li Congjia would fight them to the death, but now he heard that Li Congjia was willing to buy wood and sold it to him at a very low price, and he was also responsible for the transportation. Of course, Li Congjia would not let them ship it to China. Just go to the border between the two countries.

It's just that the wood that Bei Zhou can provide is limited, and more wood may have to be bought from Nan Zhou.

Li Congjia said calmly: "Buy if you can. Don't cut down the trees in our territory. Even if you cut down, you have to replant them! Soil erosion is no joke!"

Many people don't know why Li Congjia insisted so much, but since he ordered it to continue, these are not big things. If you have to talk about big things that happened, it is probably that the cabinet headed by Zhou Zong asked Li Congjia to ascend the throne.

Everyone felt that it was time for Li Congjia to ascend the throne. After all, even the Guanzhong Plain was included, and half of the Central Plains was already under Li Congjia's control, so he was fully qualified to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor.

However, Li Congjia held back the memorial and refused to release it. The cabinet ministers were very anxious while packing their bags. They didn't know what Li Congjia was thinking. All they saw before were people who were eager to proclaim themselves emperor. How did they come to Li Congjia? Just three pushes and four resistances?What went wrong?

Shi Xueting was also a little surprised: "Is there really no rush?"

Li Congjia nodded: "Don't worry, it's not yet time."

Shi Xueting said: "When is the time? You have to give everyone something to look forward to, everyone is waiting for you to become emperor."

Li Congjia was a little puzzled at the beginning, but soon realized that the co-authors are all waiting to share the cake. If Li Congjia does not upgrade, they will not be able to upgrade. Once Li Congjia becomes emperor, nothing else, at least his own uncle Brother, you want to be crowned king, and the rest should be mentioned, right?

Those who have a title will be promoted to one level, and those who do not have a title will check their merits to see if they can get a title or something.

As soon as Li Congjia thought of distributing money to everyone, he immediately said: "The national treasury has no money, don't worry, don't worry, the grand ceremony still needs money."

Shi Xueting almost burst out laughing, he had never seen Li Congjia as such a miser, Li Congjia said earnestly: "There are too many people, it's hard to lead the team, money is needed everywhere, if it was when I was a horse thief... ..."

"Cough cough." Shi Xueting coughed lightly and said, "Don't mention this matter in the future."

Nima's black history, other emperors would like to delete it from everyone's minds, how are you, you still bring it up every day.

Li Congjia smiled and said: "Isn't this talking to you? Hey, they will arrive in two days. Jiucheng Palace is not too big, and the leisure time of the two of us is over."

Shi Xueting leaned into his ear and said, "Since you also know, then the game I thought of yesterday, tonight..."

Li Congjia hesitated a little: "Isn't it good? Is it too exciting?"

Shi Xueting stroked his waistline: "I'm afraid there will be no chance for stimulation in two days."

Li Congjia thought about it and agreed, but when he found himself paralyzed on the bed the next morning and couldn't get up, he remembered, how could he have no chance?Jiucheng Palace is much bigger than Zendan Palace!Shi Xueting's National Teacher's Mansion has also been completed a long time ago, and the two of them have plenty of places to meet!

Li Congjia bit Shi Xueting bitterly, and the price was that he would report his illness that day without letting anyone bother him.

After he was raised well, the Empress Dowager Zhong came here with all the cabinet ministers. Li Congjia came out to greet him in person. After the Empress Dowager Zhong settled down, he handed everything over to Zhou Ehuang.

Li Congjia directly gave the courtiers a three-day vacation, and asked them to settle down at home before returning to work. Anyway, there were so many things to do, and they might not be able to finish their work in just three more days.

However, what Li Congjia did not expect was that these guys were very dedicated. Even Han Xizai, who had said before that he would retire, came to work the next day and asked Li Congjia together with the cabinet group: When are you going to take the throne?

Li Congjia couldn't resist them and had no choice but to say: "The Daming Palace is being rebuilt. Let's wait for the day when the Daming Palace is built. After all, Jiucheng Palace is a bit stingy."

Everyone looked at Li Congjia speechlessly. They didn't expect that Li Congjia's goal was so ambitious. If he had said before that he would wait until the Daming Palace was rebuilt before ascending the throne, everyone would have sprayed him back. Now... Chang'an has returned to the Tang Dynasty. That being said, it's human nature.

Zhou Zong frowned and asked: "That's all right, but, Your Highness... have you reached the mausoleum yet?"

Li Congjia's face froze, oh, he forgot!

The Yiling mentioned by Zhou Zong is naturally to worship the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty. Although everyone knows that Li Congjia's identity as a descendant of Li Tang may be a little watery, but since his father and ancestors said yes, it must be!

The cabinet ministers said that fortunately they came, so they knew that His Highness was unreliable!

Li Congjia was forced to go to various mausoleums to offer incense and worship. The most deceitful thing is that these mausoleums are still far away, and some of them have suffered damage to varying degrees. Come out and fix it!

It hurts so much!Li Congjia never thought that one day he would worry about money. When Shi Xueting handed over the treasure to him, he thought that one day he would give it back in double. Baozi beats a dog, bah bah bah, he is not a dog!

After Li Congjiayi's mausoleum, his face was sullen, and he seemed not in a high mood, but it was appropriate for the occasion.

However, compared with him, Zhao Kuangyin's expression is very intriguing.

He came over to Li Congjia and said, "Your Highness, among the wood that was sent from the Northern Zhou just now, some wood was found to be wrong. After searching...we found something."

Li Congjia asked, "What is it?"

Zhao Kuangyin didn't answer, but asked someone to lift up a log. Li Congjia could easily see that the log was cut in half and then put back together again.

After Zhao Kuangyin had someone open it, Li Congjia stared straight at the thing falling out of the hollow inside of the log.