Obviously I don't know if it's my own illusion, the more joyous festivals like Chinese New Year come, the easier it is for something to happen and pour a pot of cold water on my head.

This year, as the Chinese New Year is approaching, another barbarian rebellion has occurred. To be honest, it is not unusual for the barbarians in Lingnan to be rebellious by nature, but what is rare is that it is not only the barbarians who rebelled in the battle reports sent back from the front, but also Some women and children are also desperately fighting. It is said that... those women and children are the families and descendants of the exiled pirates.

Li Xian: ...these guys really linger!

But it's not right, exile... the exiled prisoners are supervised in the local area, how can the family members of the pirates be allowed to join forces with the barbarians?

Yes, the exiled prisoners all have supervisors, but...the supervisors were confused by the family members of the pirates. Now even the supervisors have rebelled with the barbarians. It is said that the new wife of the leader of the barbarians is the original pirate leader. wife.

Li Xian... Li Xian felt that no one should be underestimated, especially women. Sometimes women are tougher and more ruthless than men.

No one expected that these desperado women could still shine in such a poor place, and even incite the local barbarians to rebel.

After returning to Chang'an, Zheng Qi went to talk to Li Xian sometime. The auspiciousness and festivities brought by the little white tiger had been overshadowed by the war.Zheng Qi was worried that Li Xian would blame himself, so he wanted to release Li Xian, but he didn't expect Li Xian to be stronger than he imagined.

"I'm fine." When Li Xian said this, there was no trace of reluctance on his face: "I reported the handling of those people at the beginning, and the three provinces also approved the approval, and the rest is not mine. Responsibility, after all, no one would have imagined that such a thing might happen.”

Seeing that Li Xian really didn't look unhappy, Zheng Qi was really relieved.

Compared to Zheng Qi's worries, Li Xian was more concerned about another matter: "Who will be sent to counter the rebellion this time? Will you lead the troops?"

Zheng Qi can be said to be one of the rising generals recently, and the court also intends to train Zheng Qi. Last time, Zheng Qi led the troops out, but Zheng Qi shook his head when he heard Li Xian's question: "I lead the Imperial Army I shouldn’t have been sent out.”

After hearing this, Li Xian was relieved and a little worried. Zheng Qi's promotion speed was comparable to that of a rocket, mainly because of his military merits. If he is not allowed to lead the army now, how can he make meritorious deeds?Moreover, Li Xian always felt that Zheng Qi should be able to continue to serve as a civil servant, but neither Li Zhi nor Empress Wu seemed to have this intention, and Zheng Qi himself seemed not too anxious.

It was already the end of December when the winter hunting team came back, and Li Zhi had already closed his pen. The matter of who to send to lead the army did not seem to be very urgent. After all, the battle report was not very detailed, and it was not clear until before the New Year. The leaders are He She and She Mengjian.

Before the new year, Li Zhi only ordered [-] states, including Liang and Yi, to recruit soldiers. After the new year, he directly asked the prince Zuowei to lead Liang Jishou to lead the [-] soldiers recruited from Liangzhou and Yizhou to fight against the rebels.

To be honest, after these orders were issued, Li Xian knew that the so-called barbarian rebellion was not taken seriously by the imperial court, and Li Zhi was further improving the status of the prince.

In the past, the prince's influence in the court was more on the civil servants. Although he also had the ten ranks of the East Palace in his hands, and the ten ranks of the East Palace were similar to the sixteen guards, but the ten ranks of the East Palace were rarely used. The ten-ranked generals also exist more like reserves.

Li Zhi is now starting to use the generals of the East Palace Ten, probably to start expanding the prince's influence in generals.To be honest, a prince who can only be close to civil servants but not control military generals cannot sit on the throne. Li Zhi is very clear about this. Everyone thinks that he let Empress Wu participate in the government. Very sober, he is better at balancing the court than killing and plundering. Probably no one thought that Empress Wu and the power in Empress Wu's hands are actually a means for Li Zhi to balance the court.

The prince and King Pei don't understand this, so they are still grabbing the territory, but they are not stupid, they have never dared to stretch their hands on the old man's territory, they can only keep squeezing other people's living space, for example Li Xian is like Empress Wu.

Empress Wu has been patient for a long time, and this time the prince's touch of military power will probably make Empress Wu even more vigilant.

The above was analyzed by Zheng Qi and Li Xian. Li Xian probably couldn't analyze these things himself, but he was more careful than anyone else. He never thought about fighting for power. He did think about becoming stronger, right? Wrong, but now the water is too muddy to enter the water easily, not to mention... He and Zheng Qi both knew in their hearts, Li Xian... maybe he can save it, but Li Hong... he is not in good health, who is this? Nothing can be done.

Zheng Qi also asked Li Xian if he could do anything, but Li Xian...he is not a medical student, so how could he know what's going on with Li Hong's body?What's more, as Li Honggui is the prince, many famous doctors must have tried to deal with his health after so many years, but it was useless... What can he do? 4444444

After the first month passed, in order to pray for her dead mother, Empress Wu resolutely let the princess become a female Taoist priest. The Taoist name is Taiping, which is the origin of Princess Taiping. In fact, it is famous for its Dao name, and of course Princess Taiping's fief is also indispensable.

Now that Princess Taiping has become a female Taoist priest, it is natural to have a Taoist temple. It happens that there is a Taiqing Temple in Xuanzhengfang. Empress Wu changed its name to Zhaocheng Temple and moved it to Dayefang.

At first, Li Xian was still worried, whether Princess Taiping would live in Zhaocheng Temple after she became a monk like this?Little Lolita is not yet eight years old. Although she can marry in a few years in this era, in Li Xian's eyes, Princess Taiping is obviously still a child. Let such a young child leave her parents to pray for her grandmother... Anyway Li Xian was not very happy.

Fortunately, Li Zhi and Empress Wu did not let Princess Taiping live in Zhaocheng Temple. Princess Taiping still lived in the palace, and her life seemed to have not changed much. Li Xian felt that the so-called becoming a monk and setting up a Taoist temple was more like a show.But that's fine too, how could his cute little loli princess live such a miserable life?

Another important event during the Chinese New Year is probably that Li Xian's child is pregnant. If it is a boy, it is Li Xian's second son. If it is a girl, it is the emperor's granddaughter. As usual, Li Xian is already married. It's not a strange thing for a wife and concubine to be pregnant, but Li Xian looked at Li Hong's face really not very well. When he looked at the emperor's eldest grandson, although the expression on his face was still gentle and warm, Li Xian felt that his eyes were a little bit cold.

Oh, by the way, the current eldest grandson of the emperor, the eldest son of King Pei Li Xian finally has a name, Li Guangshun.When Li Xian heard this name, he wanted to complain, but he couldn't find it.

This year's Chinese New Year, Li Xian wanted to meet Zheng Qi's parents, but he couldn't think of a good reason. What he didn't expect was that Zheng Qi's parents took the initiative to visit him.That's right, New Year's greetings, as Li Xian is Zheng Qi's boss, it doesn't seem particularly inappropriate for his parents to come to see him.

Li Xian was already prepared to face the cynicism of the two parents. After all, he abducted his promising son, and these two are only such a son. Seeing Zheng Qi like this, he might be the last one. Thinking of this, Li Xian couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

What he didn't expect was that Zheng Linjiang and Yang Shi were very, very kind to him. Oh, this kindness refers to Yang Shi. Zheng Linjiang looked like a follower by Yang Shi's side, and he didn't say much during the whole process.

Here, Li Xian felt that he had kidnapped his son, while Yang’s over there was also a little guilty. This meeting was very successful. Of course, Zheng Qi only found out after the fact. Shi and Zheng Linjiang chose a day when Zheng Qi was on duty.

Li Xian can only stay in Chang'an until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month passes, Li Xian will start to work again. First of all... he is going to sacrifice mountains and rivers. I don't know if it is because he sacrificed last year. Anyway, the whole year was really good. Of course, there were occasional incidents of strong winds and broken trees, but overall it was much better than last year. Li Zhi was not sure if it had something to do with Li Xian, but such things as sacrifices came once a year. Yes, let Li Xian go.

Li Xian... Li Xian felt that he was already very proficient at offering sacrifices. From being a little nervous at the beginning, it was not easy until now it was almost like going on a trip.

It's just that this time Li Xian felt more comfortable than the previous few times, because the leader of the guard group was Zheng Qi.That's right, Li Xian asked Zheng Qi to personally guard him to sacrifice.

Li Zhi and Empress Wu also turned a blind eye and let the two of them go. Of course, during the Chinese New Year, the two of them could be seen going out together to enjoy lanterns, and there were some rumors, but The two of them are really lenient, oh, the lenient one is probably Li Xian, and Zheng Qi knows it, but seeing Li Xian's heartless indifference, he doesn't bother to explain.

Then Zheng Qi saw the magic of Li Xian. Li Xian encountered rain more than once during the sacrifice. What's more, passing by the fields after the rain and looking at the hopeful faces of the people also gives him a sense of accomplishment.

Zheng Qi escorted Li Xian to the sacrifice, and then escorted him to Yangzhou, and then... and shamelessly played in Yangzhou for two days, Li Xian took him directly to his Guanlan courtyard.

The Guanlan Bieyuan was designed by Li Xian himself. Heck, it was produced by a turkey. It is impossible to be tall. The aesthetics of those in the royal family depended on how many generations and countless money. Li Xian was a turkey before he traveled. After crossing, even if it is integrated, it is not much better than the soil turtle in terms of aesthetics.

Therefore, he has never arranged his palace very much. He either followed the prescribed system or handed it over to Gan Bocheng. Gan Bocheng also came from a family. It's embarrassing.

It's just that, in Li Xian's impression, that royal palace has never been defined as a home, and a place that follows the rules is not like a home. In Li Xian's perception, a home should make people feel warm and comfortable , maybe not so beautiful or so high-end, but as long as you are happy.

So Guanlan Bieyuan was born. In Yangzhou, Li Xian is the local emperor. He doesn't need to look at other people's faces, and the place chosen by Guanlan Bieyuan is also very remote. It can be said that Guanlan Bieyuan exists as Li Xian's home alone. Yes, if someone came to visit, they would go to the state capital or the governor's mansion.

The design of Guanlan Bieyuan made Zheng Qi feel very strange. Of course, Li Xian did not directly build a garden house or something, but tried his best to integrate his favorite things into the buildings of this era, so... Now this The Guanlan Bieyuan came out after a long struggle between Li Xian and the master craftsman.

If it were designed according to Li Xian's original idea, it would be horrible. For example... Can you imagine a mermaid sculpture in the middle of a Tang Dynasty-style courtyard?And what the hell are those patterns that look complicated and gorgeous but have no connotation?What the hell is a wallpaper?

Yes, Li Xian originally wanted to create wallpapers, but he just vaguely remembered that many wallpapers were advertised as non-woven wallpapers, because he was busy with tax reform at the time, so he gave up this matter. Just plain white walls.

The original fountain was changed into a small pond because the technology was not up to scratch, and a lot of koi were raised. Oh, of course, this pond was put in the backyard, because everyone disagreed with having this thing at the gate. It feels good The strange appearance hinders Feng Shui!

Yes, when Li Xian wanted to build the Guanlan Bieyuan, he didn’t choose the place randomly. Of course, he chose it randomly, but after handing it over to the people below, the people below automatically asked Mr. Feng Shui to come over, and finally chose the place. The place Li Xian saw was the seaside anyway, and he didn't worry about it because he had enclosed a private sea area.

On the first day Zheng Qi came to Guanlan Bieyuan, he listened to Li Xian whispering in his ear all kinds of ideas that he was beaten back. Hearing this, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth—if he really wanted to do what Li Xian said, what would this other courtyard...be like!

In his heart, Zheng Qi silently gave a thumbs up to Du Liujiang, who insisted on his own opinion. He would rather see such a courtyard with no special characteristics than a courtyard with a variety of varieties that look horrible.

Fortunately, Li Xian is very open-minded, and he didn't have much opinion if the other party thought it was inappropriate to change it. Now his only complaint is that there is no glass workshop and he can't develop toughened glass. On the tempered glass, there are sea water and all kinds of beautiful small fish and sea creatures below. It would be better if there are lights of various colors.As for the cost of maintenance, as the top tycoon of the Tang Empire, Li Xian no longer worried about it.

It's a pity, don't even think about lamps, tempered glass may still be possible, but now that the glass workshops have been brought back to the country, ordinary people are not allowed to make glass workshops casually.

As soon as Zheng Qi heard the tempered glass, he was keenly aware of the difference, and immediately asked: "Glass that can make people stand on it?"

Li Xian nodded. Speaking of which, if glass is not a high-end product and can only be manufactured by the National Glass Workshop, he may still have to study glass windows. He is still not used to paper windows.

After hearing this, Zheng Qi couldn't help asking: "Is there any other use for that tempered glass? In other ways? It's not the kind of decoration."

Li Xian opened his mouth and said, "Yes, military tempered glass." It has a wide range of uses.

Zheng Qi is definitely the type who is not ashamed to ask, he has no idea what military tempered glass is.

Li Xian had no choice but to say, "Is it the materials that are only used for military weapons?"

"Weapon?" Zheng Qi was more interested in this than in the beautiful pond under his feet.

The corner of Li Xian's mouth twitched, he looked at Zheng Qi and said hesitantly, "That... can't be done now."

It's just that Zheng Qi is not the kind of person who would accept his fate, so he asked Li Xian in detail what he had. Li Xian opened his mouth and spit out a bunch of terms he had never heard before, such as: airplanes, rockets, minesweepers , tanks and even space vehicles.

Zheng Qi was at a loss when he heard this, and in the end Li Xian explained to him what these things were. Zheng Qi still felt quite shocked.

As for things like rockets, minesweepers, and tanks... Li Xian can only explain that they are weapons of mass destruction, and aerospace vehicles... It's even more difficult to explain.

Zheng Qi listened to it with gusto, especially the spacecraft, which shattered all his cognitions—everyone in this era still thinks the earth is flat.

"Can you make these?" Zheng Qi asked directly after listening.

Li Xian, who was drinking water, sprayed Zheng Qi on the face at that time. He looked at Zheng Qi in a broken state and said, "I'm not a professional in this field, brother."

Even if I am a professional in this field, it is impossible for me to push back the timeline of the level of science and technology by 500 years.

After hearing this, Zheng Qi looked a little regretful. He was much more ambitious than Li Xian. Although Datang now had explosives, bombs were not a new thing strictly speaking. Cough, although it was kept secret, Li Xian Show it to Zheng Qi.Zheng Qi vaguely came into contact with some in other books at the beginning. Strictly speaking, Li Xian tossed out gunpowder and did not advance the process much.

What Zheng Qi wants to build is a more powerful Great Tang Empire. He knows that besides the Great Tang, there are many other countries in this world, and there is even a group of barbarians on the other side of the sea-this is all given by Li Xian. He popularized science, so Zheng Qi hopes to make Datang the most powerful country in the world in the future.

The strength of a country requires military power and economic support. The theory of currency status proposed by Li Xian earlier made Zheng Qi faintly touch something, but compared with those, Zheng Qi is more concerned about whether Datang is strong in the military.

Li Xian felt that he was probably hopeless. Anyway, he couldn't see Zheng Qi's disappointment, so he couldn't help saying in great pain: "When the tax reform here in Yangzhou is almost done, I'll give it a try, but don't hold out too much hope. To put it bluntly...the era I lived in had to go through two industrial revolutions and many years of development to reach that level, I think...it would be nice if I could make a steam engine in my lifetime."

Zheng Qi smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter, we still have a chance when we are young, even if it doesn't work now, if you write down what you think, someone will understand it in the future, and it will come in handy sooner or later."

Zheng Qi's words instantly opened the door to a new world for Li Xian. Indeed, he can't do it now because of technical limitations, but he can write down the principles of some things he knows. Why was my rabbit bullied back then? so miserable?Isn't it because the level of various science and technology can't keep up?If you can take the lead in technology...

The modern history of Rabbit Country is probably the pain in the heart of every patriotic youth. Li Xian did not like to see Japan in various ways, and even had the idea of ​​destroying Japan because the history is too tragic.

But the reason is probably caused by the closed country and the backwardness of science and technology. If the rabbit country is still in that state, there will be other countries without Japan. After all, it was invaded by the Eight-Power Allied Forces, but the Japanese are too inhuman. Pulled the greatest hatred.

After seeing Li Xian's energetic state, Zheng Qi was satisfied. He has always understood Li Xian, that is a guy who is just waiting to die. If no one forced him, he would probably maintain this state for the rest of his life and would not want to change anything. If you don't want to be strong, Zheng Qi appreciates Li Xian like this and hates iron and steel. He obviously has a lot of things in his mind, but he doesn't use them.

As for whether Li Xian will become more conspicuous, as long as Li Xian is still himself and will not be confused in the pursuit of power, he will always be able to protect himself. Both Li Zhi and Empress Wu are broad-minded enough.

Probably because he was afraid that Li Xian would not work hard enough, Zheng Qi reminded Li Xian before he left: "We may have to use troops in the near future, so you can watch."

Li Xian originally thought that Zheng Qi was talking about Yaozhou's rebellion against barbarians, but what he didn't expect was that Li Jinxing and Gao Kan officially declared war on Silla!And the reason for declaring war is very ridiculous. The reason given by the official is probably: Silla harbored evil intentions and used the name of a pirate to assassinate the Prince of Tang.

Li Xian: ...

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like