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Apu and the others rode a wooden carriage all the way to the foot of Yanzhi Mountain. Some of the gentle sections of the mountain were paved with wooden tracks, and there were only some steep and difficult places left, so they had to get off the car and walk.

In the east of Yanzhi Mountain, all the way to Liangzhou City, wooden tracks are paved. If Liangzhou City goes further east, there are no tracks.

There are wooden tracks along this road, and the transportation at the east and west ends of Yanzhi Mountain is very convenient, but only here at Yanzhi Mountain, it needs a lot of manual handling of goods. As time goes by, many porters gradually come to Yanzhi Mountain to make a living.

When Apu and the others went up the mountain, there were many pedestrians and merchants with them, as well as those porters who went up and down the mountain. Most of them carried heavy burdens and carried wooden sticks. If they were really tired from walking, they would set up wooden sticks to support them The shoulder pole, the basket at both ends of the load, one end rests on the slope, and the other hangs in the air, so that you can rest for a while, and carry the load up the slope. Most of them act like this.

There are more people coming and going on this Yanzhi mountain, and there are fewer and fewer wild animals on the mountain. Occasionally, I hear wild animals appearing, and they will be beaten away soon.

Therefore, this road is relatively safe. When you go to the gentle slope, you can often see stalls selling hot water and food, and some people have built thatched huts and mud houses on the mountain to live in.

After getting off Yanzhi Mountain, passing Liangzhou City, and heading towards Chang'an, there is only a cement road.

When this road was built in the early years, the cement used was not the improved type of cement it is today. OK, some roads are a little better.

This team from Changle County felt that the journey was very difficult after they got on the concrete road.

In Chang'an City, they have been discussing road construction recently.

The railway track on Henan Road is about to be completed. As early as November last year, someone proposed to build Lingnan Road. Later, people from Chang’an transported a lot of goods from Lingnan Road by sea. After that, many merchants sailed. Going to Lingnan, in this way, the land route seems to be less important.

Some people also proposed to build the road to Hexi, mainly led by Changsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji is not only the elder brother of the deceased Empress Changsun, but also an important figure in the Guanlong Group. In this group, he also has the right to speak. Powerful.

This is also the reason why Changsun Wuji was able to become a powerful minister after the new emperor ascended the throne. What he relied on was not just the identity of the emperor's uncle.

And in this court, there are many people who are wary of Changsun Wuji and even treat him as a disaster.

At this time, Changsun Wuji said that Hexi Road should be built, and some people stood up to oppose it, saying that they still believed that Lingnan Road should be built first.

Changsun Wuji fought with him, and they said that the Guanlong Group bullied Lingnan people, and that the road in Lingnan was difficult and dangerous, and they often heard that pedestrians and porters were killed by wild animals, so it is important to build Lingnan Road first.

Changsun Wuji was in a hurry. What kind of bullying is this? Lingnan Road should be built, but Hexi Road shouldn't be built?

Longyou Dao has developed so fast these years, there is not even a good road from Chang'an City to Longyou Dao, can this be justified?

Furthermore, if we talk about wild beasts, there are no wild beasts anywhere in the Tang Dynasty, and there are occasional wild beasts in the city of Chang'an!

After this back and forth, people on both sides gradually blushed, almost pointing at each other's nose and scolding each other.

In the end, the sage came out to save the siege, so that everyone would stop fighting, and let the two roads rest together.

Although he was acting as a peacemaker, for some reason, many people in the court felt that the sage was actually protecting Zhangsun Wuji.

Changsun Wuji may also think so in his heart. After all, the struggle above the court is extremely dangerous, and the saint's health has been declining year by year. Uncle's support.

As for what the emperor was thinking in his heart, if he didn't say it himself, no one would know.

When Luo Yong was flipping through the materials earlier, something caught his attention, and he couldn't help thinking about it.

According to the booklet, when he was about to die, the sage had a detailed discussion with Changsun Wuji, and asked him how he would make Wu Wang Li Ke the emperor?

Li Ke, King of Wu, was born of the noble concubine Yang, who was the biological daughter of Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang. This person is also more assertive than Li Zhi, obviously he is not easy to handle, Changsun Wuji is naturally very opposed to this matter, since he objected, Li Shimin just let it go.

When Li Zhi came to the throne, Changsun Wuji held great power. Later, while the court was investigating Fang Yiai's treason case, he framed Li Ke and executed him.

Historically, because Changsun Wuji did this, his evaluation was often relatively negative.

However, Luo Yong has been thinking about it recently, why did Li Shimin talk about this matter to Changsun Wuji? Is it because of his poor health and his mind became confused, or he originally wanted to use the hand of Changsun Wuji to get rid of Li Ke.

Li Ke's status is special, both his parents are from the royal family, and his behavior is correct, he also has a relatively good evaluation among the courtiers. If he wants to start a rebellion, he will definitely be able to gather many supporters.

Another possibility is that Li Shimin has been scheming against Changsun Wuji from the very beginning to make longer-term plans for his successor.

He not only asked Changsun Wuji to get rid of Li Ke, and removed this potential threat for Li Zhi, but also caused Changsun Wuji to lose his name. Later, even if Li Zhi used Wu's hand to eradicate Changsun Wuji, He didn't bear much infamy because of this, even though this person was his own uncle, he had done a lot for him when he ascended the throne.

Regarding the matter of being infamous, no one feels more deeply than Li Shimin.

In this age of filial piety, because of the incident at the Xuanwu Gate, he has almost been infamous all his life.

Even if Li Shimin wanted to eradicate Li Ke, he would definitely not act hastily.To put it bluntly, Changsun Wuji is stupid.

Regardless of whether Li Shimin calculated it deliberately or not, the realistic result was that in the alternation of the old and new royal powers, Changsun Wuji lost his life and power, and acted as a stepping stone for his father and son.

Looking at the current moment, in this court, the one who had the closest relationship with the saint, that is, Changsun Wuji, often showed great trust.

If even such intimacy and trust are hidden behind calculations, Luo Yong can hardly imagine how terrifying Li Shimin is, and how lonely his life is.

The real loneliness is not loneliness when you are alone, but having no friends in a noisy world, being close to people but not being able to talk to each other.

Most emperors are lonely, Yang Guang, Li Yuan, Li Shimin, Li Zhi, Wu Zetian, who is not lonely, especially when life is about to come to an end, it is often extremely lonely.